Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To commit burglary in (a building or other premises).
- intransitive verb To commit burglary against (someone).
- intransitive verb To commit burglary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To commit burglary upon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To commit
burglary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
Etymologies
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Examples
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[...] which was supplied in a subsequent comment, the trisyllabic burglarize is preferred to the tidy burgle in U.S. English.
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In U.S. English, burglarize (or - ise) is by far the more common verb, but burgle dominates in British English.
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Green then gave the informant directions to the apartment they were going to burglarize, and the two parked at a Safeway in the area, according to the documents.
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Paul Starks said detectives want to speak to Hamlin about the slaying of Sue Ann Marcum, 52, who they believe may have been killed by someone intending to burglarize her home.
Slain AU professor's Jeep found; driver arrested Dan Morse 2010
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Green then gave the informant directions to the apartment they were going to burglarize, and the two parked at a Safeway in the area, according to the documents.
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In U.S. English, burglarize (or - ise) is by far the more common verb, but burgle dominates in British English.
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Roosevelt, who could be ruthless when it came to fighting foreign enemies on American soil, had given Hoover wide latitude to wiretap, open diplomatic pouches, and burglarize the embassies of hostile, neutral, and even friendly countries.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Paul Starks said detectives want to speak to Hamlin about the slaying of Sue Ann Marcum, 52, who they believe may have been killed by someone intending to burglarize her home.
Arrest after slain professor's Jeep found Washington Post Editors 2010
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Roosevelt, who could be ruthless when it came to fighting foreign enemies on American soil, had given Hoover wide latitude to wiretap, open diplomatic pouches, and burglarize the embassies of hostile, neutral, and even friendly countries.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Green then gave the informant directions to the apartment they were going to burglarize, and the two parked at a Safeway in the area, according to the documents.
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