How to Use burglarize in a Sentence

burglarize

verb
Definition of burglarizenext
Synonyms for burglarizenext
  • The tusk was on display when the center was burglarized March 8.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • Within the first 16 months, the restaurant was burglarized three times.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Two homes on the same block were burglarized on June 13 and reported June 14.
    — latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • The Garretts had a tough first year, as their place was burglarized last summer.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Lake County News-Sun, 18 June 2018
  • The house was burglarized June 6, the Sheriff's Office said.
    — Nathan J. Fish, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • The store was burglarized after two suspects threw a rock through the north side window.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
  • His home was burglarized the same day — something that’s happened at least three times.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • Yates had returned to her Tempe home and found Cahill burglarizing it.
    — Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In December 2021 a man burglarizing the Avants’ home, Aariel Maynor, shot and killed her.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Pack had to watch thieves burglarize the shop on his cellphone on two occasions.
    — Matt Bruce, ajc, 12 Mar. 2022
  • An audio store on the Berlin Turnpike was burglarized this week by suspects who crashed a car through the store’s glass windows.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In late June, the suspect burglarized two gas stations on the same night, the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
    — Nancy Daly, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
  • The family did not know of anyone who would burglarize their home.
    — cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
  • An investigation determined that the 18-year-old and the two teenagers with him were the same people who had burglarized the school on June 3, Loughran said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • While living in Fairfield, the family’s home was burglarized and all of EJ’s Christmas presents were stolen.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The same fraternity was burglarized again the next day, though police did not say whether anything was stolen.
    — J.d. Capelouto, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
  • Police also said a garage was burglarized and a vehicle was stolen during the spree.
    — Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2018
  • Mariah Carey has found a buyer for her Georgia mansion, one year after the home was burglarized.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • When Jeffree Star's warehouse was burglarized of $2m in makeup last April, fans got the first true look at the dangers of being a viral star and beauty mogul.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Recently, a group of thieves burglarized an Yves Saint Laurent store in Glendale.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Bank jugging is when thieves watch for potential victims who may have cash, follow them, and then rob or burglarize them.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Prosecutors said Presley and his girlfriend, Gabriela Liliana Torres, 22, slipped in through the open garage to burglarize the home.
    — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Everyone wants the police to respond when their home gets burglarized.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence, 9 June 2019
  • Officers went to the club and spoke with employees who confirmed that the concession stand had been burglarized and the candy was missing.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2019
  • One of the first police reports claimed the pads had been burglarized from Henley’s barn in Malibu, California.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Rhines was burglarizing a donut shop when 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer, who worked there after hours, came in.
    — Pete Williams /, NBC News, 18 June 2018
  • By Fort Worth police are asking the public for help to find a man suspected of stealing a car and burglarizing four others.
    — Jack Howland, star-telegram, 4 June 2019
  • As the risks and red flags continue to accumulate around their shared future, the duo agree on a desperate plan to burglarize a wealthy housewife.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Trump followed that with a tweet appearing to jeer when Cummings reported that his home had been burglarized.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Daniel Valdivia said his father had entered the house to intimidate Wallace, not to burglarize the home or hurt anyone.
    — oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2022

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