| 释义 |
burglarize, v. U.S.|ˈbɜːgləraɪz|
[f. burglar n. + -ize.]
trans. To rob burglariously; to break into by violence for the purpose of theft. Also intr.
1871Southern Mag. Apr. (Schele de Vere), The Yankeeisms donated, collided, and burglarized, have been badly used up by an English magazine-writer. 1876Congress Rec. July 4419/2, I found that the house of a lady moving in good society had been burglarized. 1883Talmage in Chr. Globe 13 Sept. 829/2 The man who had a contempt for a petty theft will burglarise the wheat-bin of a nation. 1884Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 7 Feb. 1 The house of John Fuller was burglarized on Wednesday night. 1926J. Black You can't Win xi. 142 It was built to be burglarized. 1947Jrnl. Crim. Law & Criminol. Nov.–Dec. 319, I tried to resist the urge to get outside and burglarize.
Hence ˈburglarizing vbl. n.
1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 655 In like manner the burglar's occupation has been designated as burglarizing. 1888Merchant Traveler (Farmer), ‘What have you been doing for a living lately?’.. ‘Burglarizing.’ |