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burglarize

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


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

“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

Tolbert says he believes that “will have an effect on those who burglarize homes in Flint.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 11, 2015

The Heads must win.—What puzzles me Is why in Hades there should be A Watch dog; 'tis, I should surmise, The last place one would burglarize.

From The Mythological Zoo by Herford, Oliver




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