burglarize

Example Sentences

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“Westwood was entirely sure it was people trying to seek out their houses to burglarize them,” said Neal, a documentary film editor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

“It just kept playing in my mind, ‘How can you burglarize this?’”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

As thousands demonstrated in Washington this week to protest racial inequality and police brutality, scores of people used the civil unrest as a chaotic cover to burglarize businesses, according to police data and arrest records.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2020

“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

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