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Definition of Burglarise
1. Verb. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
Generic synonyms: Steal
Entails: Break, Break In
Derivative terms: Burglar, Burglary, Burglary, Heist, Heist
Definition of Burglarise
1. Verb. To commit burglary. ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of burglarize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burglarise
Literary usage of Burglarise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of a Great Detective: Incidents in the Life of John Wilson Murray by John Wilson Murray (1905)
"... from place to place, sojourning in each town long enough to get acquainted
and lay the plans to burglarise the richest people or stores in the vicinity. ..."
2. The Practice of Journalism: A Treatise on Newspaper-making by Walter Williams, Frank L.. Martin (1922)
"... burglarise, suicide (as a verb), enthuse, or gents. Don't use onto or alright.
The correct forms are on to and all right. Already, however, is a good ..."
3. On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime by Hugo Münsterberg (1908)
"But the mental inferiority—intellectual or emotional or volitional—forces no one
to steal and burglarise. He cannot and will never equal the clever, ..."
4. Face to Face with Kaiserism by James Watson Gerard (1918)
"... knowing how easy it would be for them to burglarise the safe after we left,
when the Spaniards and Dutch were out of the building at night, ..."
5. The Same Lord: An Account of the Mission Tour of the Rev. George C. Grubb, M by Edward C. Millard (1893)
"... never burglarise any more, but I won't mind helping another man over the fence' ?
" " Oh," she said, " I see. I am thankful; for that is settled. ..."
6. Queer Things about Sicily by Norma Lorimer, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1905)
"The cooking-vessels of brass and copper would make an English housewife burglarise
the kitchen for her drawing-room—they are such splendid pieces. ..."
7. A Modern Composition and Rhetoric (brief Course) Containing the Principles by Lewis Worthington Smith, James Eames Thomas (1900)
"... to tour, to pedal, to sprint, to enthuse, to burglarise, to suicide, a combine,
a scoop, an invite, ..."
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