verb
- past tense of burglarize; to illegally enter a building and steal things
Usage: American English
Examples
- Their house was burglarized while they were on vacation.
- The store was burglarized three times last month.
- Police are investigating who burglarized the office building.
- We discovered our apartment had been burglarized when we returned home.
- The thieves burglarized several homes in the neighborhood.
- Security cameras showed when the warehouse was burglarized.