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burglarize

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


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Another resident, Andrés Calderón, 40, said several people in the neighborhood hadn’t wanted to leave their homes, fearing that thieves would burglarize them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“He would have no need to burglarize or steal anything from anyone at a trailer park,” Steinberg said, adding that Winslow “looks forward to being vindicated” in court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2018

Dean testified that orders to burglarize the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers to news organizations in 1971, came “right out of the Oval Office.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2015

“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

In wet weather, when his vestibule is shallow, the sand-hill crane may burglarize him, or even get a snap judgment on him at the front door.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

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

Unluckily for McCoy, the home that had been burglarized was located on a street where he regularly rode his bicycle in a loop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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

Hundreds of Marines are expected to stand guard in Los Angeles on Tuesday following another night of unrest in downtown Los Angeles that resulted in arrests and a handful of businesses burglarized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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

Cloobeck’s former girlfriend, Lavie, was charged in March with burglarizing the homes of older wealthy men she met through dating apps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Although the men on trial admitted to burglarizing the museum, they refused to admit significant aspects of the crime — such as planning and leadership — blaming unknown accomplices instead.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

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

Preliminary to doing so, he would take steps to insure the flat against further burglarizing, for that night, at least.

From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance


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