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burglarize

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


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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

“Eric Rivera Jr. would not have been in that car on the way to burglarize Sean Taylor’s house that night if he was a really good football player,” Dorsey said in a phone interview.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2014

This year, she leads a particularly strong Un Certain Regard sidebar with "The Bling Ring," a film about star-worshipping California teenagers who burglarize celebrity homes.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2013

You'd have thought you was fixed out to burglarize a restaurant before you could get your grub.

From Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry

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

More recently in June, a rail car loaded with lithium-ion batteries caught fire as it was being burglarized in the Cajon Pass, authorities and railroad representatives said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Then there’s the recent hooliganism of an OpenAI model, which escaped a testing environment, stole credentials of multiple private-company servers, then burglarized one to steal the answer to a problem-solving challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

“Neighbors are being burglarized quite often. For the streets to be this dark is even more of a danger,” Sicilia said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

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

Santa Monica Police spotted and stopped a man who was burglarizing vehicles in a parking lot near the pier by using a drone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

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

Craig Koblitz, 62, a yacht repairman who lives across the street, said some neighbors had suspected him of burglarizing a nearby house a few years ago.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2018

Although Watergate had some foreign policy origins — the “plumbers” started out burglarizing Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office in response to the Pentagon Papers — it was an overwhelmingly domestic affair with a narrow focus.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2017

Since the corn roast, the burning of his barn and the burglarizing of his house Mr. Preston had been quietly endeavoring to discover the evil-doers.

From Madge Morton's Trust by Amy D. V. Chalmers


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