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burglarize

[bur-gluh-rahyz] / ˈbɜr gləˌraɪz /
VERB
break in
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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“Westwood was entirely sure it was people trying to seek out their houses to burglarize them,” said Neal, a documentary film editor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

“It just kept playing in my mind, ‘How can you burglarize this?’”

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

As thousands demonstrated in Washington this week to protest racial inequality and police brutality, scores of people used the civil unrest as a chaotic cover to burglarize businesses, according to police data and arrest records.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020

Tolbert says he believes that “will have an effect on those who burglarize homes in Flint.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2015

The speakers and writers on whom you may rely will not say "to burglarize," "to suspicion," "to enthuse," "plenty rich," "real tired," "considerable discouraged," "a combine," or "humans."

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor

The horror thriller, about a valet who burglarizes the houses of his rich customers, earned a B-minus rating on CinemaScore and a 56% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2018

Sielsch drove to a home that had been burglarized by a bear to install an electric mat on the back porch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

He also investigates stolen tractors and off-road vehicles, burglarized deer camps, and financial crimes, like a $2 million case that involved a man who took out bank loans on cows he didn’t own.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Pitt, who owns several properties across the globe, is understood to have been away from the dwelling when it was burglarized on the evening of June 25.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025

The woman first reported that her home — which is located in a remote area of Lovelock, north of Magalia — was burglarized on April 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

It isn’t merely coincidental or surprising, as when the newscaster thoughtlessly reports, “Ironically, the jewelry store was burglarized on the same date last year.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

According to the probation report, Prowell, who is Black, admitted burglarizing the houses in Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Can you still claim to be one of the country’s safest cities if thieves are burglarizing your residents’ properties on a daily basis?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

It's as if G. Gordon Liddy kept burglarizing various Democratic offices after the Watergate break-in, but the reporting on his later crimes failed to mention the first one.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2020

A single count of burglarizing a home carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years, but Ms. Maloney said Maine courts rarely imposed the maximum when no one was assaulted.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013

Oh, well, it's bad enough to be a horse-thief without burglarizing a man's haberdashery.

From Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine


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