Thesaurus results for BURGLARIZING

burglarizing

verb

present participle of burglarize

as in invading

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 robbing

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 burglarizing In an image from a video provided by the San Francisco Police Department, a person is seen burglarizing a vehicle as a white SUV getaway vehicle awaits in the parking lot of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, April 1, 2026. —

Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 After being blackballed from the finance sector, Coop resorts to burglarizing the homes of those in his social circle and pawning the items to stay afloat. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026 The episode also revived attacks on the show’s spotty vetting after reports that Strader had been arrested in 2017 on suspicion of burglarizing the house of an ex-girlfriend. —

Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026 Two years ago, the franchise found itself in hot water again when news surfaced that Season 21 contestant Devin Strader was arrested for burglarizing an ex-girlfriend’s Louisiana home in 2017. —

Peter White, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) shared the video in a post detailing how the priest caught the suspect breaking in and burglarizing the church. —

Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025 Officials say Boodarian was burglarizing the Encino residence of Kaye and Deluca, both 70, when the couple arrived home from a shopping trip and encountered him on July 10. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025 On Saturday morning, police received several calls of someone banging on doors, wandering through backyards and ultimately burglarizing a home on Ettrick Street, near Martin’s family home not far from the Oakland Zoo. —

Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 One of the gangs was charged with burglarizing Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home in December 2024. —

Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025

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The states argue the data collection risks invading student privacy, and leads to baseless investigations of colleges and universities.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Of these three exceptions, the only one that still applies is to the children of diplomats, as there are no invading armies, and Native Americans were granted automatic citizenship in 1924.

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026