burglarize

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

While Dr. Dre was undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for a possible brain aneurysm Tuesday night, four men were arrested after they allegedly tried to burglarize the music mogul’s Brentwood mansion, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 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

But one may use such new coinages as burglarize, home-run, and diner rather freely.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)