verb
- past tense and past participle of burglarise; to enter a building illegally with intent to steal
Usage: British English spelling (American English: burglarized); transitive verb
Examples
- The house was burglarised while the family was on vacation.
- Police arrested the suspect who burglarised three shops in the neighborhood.
- Several homes were burglarised during the night.
- The museum was burglarised of its most valuable paintings.
- They burglarised the warehouse and stole expensive equipment.