What does burglarize mean?
Burglarize means (ambitransitive, Canada, US) To commit burglary..
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/ · verb
(ambitransitive, Canada, US) To commit burglary..
People who would now attempt to burglarize in top-boots, would be as mad as if they were to adopt that costume for picking pockets.
[M]en exclaim against you as the most bungling of "cabbagers" ... that ever burglarised upon the property of Shakespeare!
In this dilemma there were but two resources open to the infuriated stewards, -- one to carry the key vi et armis; the other, to burglarize the cellar.
Deaseley Brothers & Dodge, wholesale dry goods store, was burglarized last night, and three thousand dollars worth of silks taken. No arrests.
I also told you my house had been thoroughly burglarized three times,
We see in a telegraphic despatch from across the boundary line that a store was "burglarized" a short time ago.
Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. ... The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle.
During a recent burglary epidemic a police superintendent one night made a tour of inspection through the burglarised district.
Use burglarize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Burglarize means (ambitransitive, Canada, US) To commit burglary..
Common synonyms include burgle, heist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
People who would now attempt to burglarize in top-boots, would be as mad as if they were to adopt that costume for picking pockets.
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