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as in to invade
to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent
the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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as in to rob
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city
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Recent Examples of burglarize
Scottsdale police conducted surveillance on the group as residences were burglarized in Tempe and Mesa, Ariz.
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Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Mitchell is accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes in April 2024.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 16 June 2025
Businesses have been burglarized; windows, smashed.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That includes an award-winning restaurant, 2 Hopewell Bistro & Tavern, which he’s accused of burglarizing three times.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Mitchell is accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes in April 2024.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 16 June 2025
Businesses have been burglarized; windows, smashed.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
That includes an award-winning restaurant, 2 Hopewell Bistro & Tavern, which he’s accused of burglarizing three times.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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The finale of season two — and specifically how the endorphin-releasing Rocky theme tune, Gonna Fly Now, kicked in just as the crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate that non-League exile was over — felt similarly unassailable.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Their peaceful days were shattered on June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded the South.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Three years later, Armando Galarraga didn’t, robbed by a wrong call by first-base umpire Jim Joyce — who owned up to it almost immediately — in the days before instant replay.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
11 July 2025
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Menzies was convicted of the 1986 murder of 26-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was kidnapped, robbed, strangled, and found tied to a tree with her throat slit.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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“Burglarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglarize. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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