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Antonyms for burglarize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bur-gluh-rahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr gləˌraɪz

Definition of burglarize

Origin :
  • 1865, American English, from burglary + -ize. Related: Burglarized; burglarizing.
  • We see in a telegraphic despatch from across the boundary line that a store was "burglarized" a short time ago. We are sorry that any thing so dreadful should have happened to any of our inventive cousins. Truly the American language is "fearfully and wonderfully made." ["Upper Canada Law Journal," September 1865, p.228]Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. "The Yankeeisms donated, collided, and burglarized have been badly used up by an English magazine writer." (Southern Magazine, April, 1871.) The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle. [Maximilian Schele De Vere, "Americanisms; The English of the New World," 1872]
  • verb break in
Example sentences :
  • Use of false or unauthorized words, as burglarize or supremest.
  • Extract from : « Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 » by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  • The point is that by this time Daniel Crowley has, ah, infiltrated the institution you expected to burglarize tonight.
  • Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
  • But one may use such new coinages as burglarize, home-run, and diner rather freely.
  • Extract from : « News Writing » by M. Lyle Spencer
  • You'd have thought you was fixed out to burglarize a restaurant before you could get your grub.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • It is absurd to say that one inherits the tendency to rob or rape or burglarize or kill.
  • Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow

Synonyms for burglarize

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