burglarized

[bur-gluh-rahyz]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to break into and steal from: Thieves burglarized the warehouse.

verb (used without object)

to commit burglary.

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Burglarized is always a great word to know.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Also, especially British, bur·glar·ise.

Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; burglar + -ize

Related forms

un·bur·glar·ized, adjective

Can be confused: burglarize, mug, rip off, rob, steal (see synonym note at rob).

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Word Origin & History

burglarize

1871, from burglary (q.v.) + -ize.

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