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 Gales lived a five-minute walk from the Friedland home, had done odd jobs for the couple in the weeks leading up to Thomas’ death, and was burglarizing homes to steal jewelry and buy cocaine, Rudolf has said. —

Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026 The search for a fourth suspect accused of burglarizing the home of Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has ended. —

Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Feb. 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 One was vacated by Democratic senator Nicole Mitchell, who resigned after being convicted of burglarizing her estranged stepmother's home. —

Kate Plummer matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 The San Diego Reader reported in 2012 that Jenkins, then 25 years old, pleaded guilty to three felony counts that included charges related to stealing a vehicle and burglarizing an inhabited home. —

Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025

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According to some experts in South Florida, the invading eels could pose a similar threat to native food webs and restoration efforts there.

— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2003, after invading Iraq, initial approval for that war dropped to about 70-75%.

— Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026