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burglarize

[ bur-gluh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, bur·glar·ized, bur·glar·iz·ing.
  1. to break into and steal from:

    Thieves burglarized the warehouse.



verb (used without object)

, bur·glar·ized, bur·glar·iz·ing.
  1. to commit burglary.

burglarize

/ ˈbɜːɡləˌraɪz /

verb

  1. tr to break into (a place) and steal from (someone); burgle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • un·burglar·ized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burglarize1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; burglar + -ize
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Example Sentences

The building’s manager was watching Franklin remotely, convinced this was the same person who had burglarized an apartment a few days earlier.

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They gave detailed accounts of fences being damaged, burglarized houses, stolen vehicles and general fear of groups of strangers on their property.

The 48-year-old cancer epidemiologist had just delivered a Christmas gift in late December when a group of preteens tackled her to the ground, punched and burglarized her.

Blaustein, whose home was burglarized a few years ago, has installed an alarm with multiple cameras.

I shall never burglarize another house—at least not until the June magazines are out.

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

Use of false or unauthorized words, as burglarize or supremest.

It is absurd to say that one inherits the tendency to rob or rape or burglarize or kill.

The point is that by this time Daniel Crowley has, ah, infiltrated the institution you expected to burglarize tonight.

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