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Definition of Burglarize
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 Burglarize
1. Verb. (chiefly North America) To commit burglary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burglarize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burglarize
Literary usage of Burglarize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speeches of William Jennings Bryan by William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1909)
"I satisfied myself that the other special interests were allied with the brewery
interests, that they were about to burglarize the State of Nebraska and ..."
2. Causes and Cures of Crime by Thomas Speed. Mosby (1913)
"He would always burglarize the shop in which he was working, ... This man was
never known to commit any other crime, nor to burglarize any place other than ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"17 Thus, where several persons conspire to burglarize a store, and, to facilitate
the burglary and lessen the danger of detection, they agree that one of ..."
4. Standard Encyclopædia of Procedure by Edward W. Tuttle (1912)
"Use of Word "burglarize."—An indictment for conspiracy to commit burglary using
the term "burglarize" is sufficient as it is the equivalent of the words ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"... that the public revenue should be charged with the expense of building separate
institutions for boys who, at ten years of age, have begun to burglarize ..."
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