burglarize
verb (used with object)
to break into and steal from.
had burglarized
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past perfectof burglarize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Defense attorneys said the men suspected Arbery had burglarized a house under construction and intended to hold him until police arrived.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2021
Defense attorneys say the men suspected Arbery had burglarized a house under construction and intended to hold him until police arrived.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
Sullivan’s original trial, in 1989, established that he and two older boys had burglarized the home of a woman named Lena Bruner on a morning when no one was there.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 15, 2016
One worker, Suang Upara from Thailand, reported that Libyans had burglarized the place where he had been living with other migrants.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2011
Agents had burglarized the revolutionaries' homes, tapped their phones without warrants and monitored their mail.
From Time Magazine Archive
