burglarizev.
/ˈbəːɡlərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbərɡləˌraɪz/ U.S.
transitive. To rob burglariously; to break into by violence for the purpose of theft. Also intransitive.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)]
do1774
bust1859
burglarize1871
burgle1874
burglar1890
take1924
to rip off1972
tickle1976
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (intransitive)]
mill1567
housebreaka1822
to crack a crib1838
burglarize1947
1871 Southern Mag. Apr. (Schele de Vere) The Yankeeisms donated, collided, and burglarized, have been badly used up by an English magazine-writer.
1876 Congress. Rec. July 4419/2 I found that the house of a lady moving in good society had been burglarized.
1883 Talmage in Christian Globe 13 Sept. 829/2 The man who had a contempt for a petty theft will burglarise the wheat-bin of a nation.
1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 7 Feb. 1 The house of John Fuller was burglarized on Wednesday night.
1926 J. Black You can't Win xi. 142 It was built to be burglarized.
1947 Jrnl. Crim. Law & Criminol. Nov.–Dec. 319 I tried to resist the urge to get outside and burglarize.
Derivatives
ˈburglarizing n.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun]
housebreachlOE
burgh-brechea1387
burglary1532
housebreaking1607
breaking and entering1617
game1811
crack1819
screwing1819
effraction1840
burst1857
burglarizing1872
burgling1880
ship-breaking1901
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 655 In like manner the burglar's occupation has been designated as burglarizing.
1888 Merchant Traveler (Farmer) ‘What have you been doing for a living lately?’.. ‘Burglarizing.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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