burglarizing

present participle of burglarize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of burglarizing He was caught burglarizing homes in 1988 and ordered into therapy. Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 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, 20 Aug. 2025 Some desperate prospective tenants have even been driven to burglarizing the offices of the New Jersey printer of The Village Voice in order to get a day’s head start on that weekly’s apartment listings. Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglarizing
Verb
  • That’s why his firm offers privacy-first, non-intrusive monitoring — no screenshots, no keystroke logging — using only numerical signals to reveal productivity trends without invading personal privacy.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Channeling history, Putin has staked a key part of his pretext for invading Ukraine on the claim that neo-Nazi ideology was gaining ground in the neighboring state also viewed as the next potential frontier for NATO expansion.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Caroline conveniently grows a conscience right around the time when the couple starts robbing banks in earnest.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Drummond has served prison time for robbing a convenience store and threatening to go after jurors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Burglarizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglarizing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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