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burglarize

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


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

From New York Times Nov. 22, 2021

While Dr. Dre was undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for a possible brain aneurysm Tuesday night, four men were arrested after they allegedly tried to burglarize the music mogul’s Brentwood mansion, police said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 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

Brand-new words which have not become established in good use: as, "burglarize," "enthuse," "electrocute."

From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray

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

Sielsch drove to a home that had been burglarized by a bear to install an electric mat on the back porch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

Beholden to paying clients, they were widely seen as surreptitious figures who burglarized people’s secrets.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“We have people who will go to all ends to do what they do,” Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said of a man dressed in a fire jacket and helmet burglarizing homes.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2025

Santa Monica Police spotted and stopped a man who was burglarizing vehicles in a parking lot near the pier by using a drone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

Although Watergate had some foreign policy origins — the “plumbers” started out burglarizing Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office in response to the Pentagon Papers — it was an overwhelmingly domestic affair with a narrow focus.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2017

A single count of burglarizing a home carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years, but Ms. Maloney said Maine courts rarely imposed the maximum when no one was assaulted.

From New York Times Jun. 11, 2013

The procession had scarcely passed when we were suddenly seized with anxiety at the idea that the time was particularly propitious for burglarizing deserted apartments and we rushed home.

From My Recollections by Massenet, Jules




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