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burglarize

verb
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/

Etymology

From burglar + -ize (1829).

  1. derived from burgeor
  2. derived from *burgz✻
  3. derived from *burg✻
  4. derived from burgus
  5. borrowed from burglātor
  6. suffixed as burglarize — “burglar + ize”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA