burglarize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- unburglarized adjective
Etymology
Origin of 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
“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
“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
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