burglarize

Example Sentences

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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

In another development, someone this week apparently tried to burglarize the hospital mortuary where Kim’s body is awaiting positive identification.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2017

“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

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 Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)