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as in invaded
to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent
the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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as in robbed
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city
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Recent Examples of burglarized
Early Saturday morning, a Sherman Oaks jewelry store was broken into when suspects tunneled through the wall of the store's bathroom, and earlier in the week, a Valley Glen home became one of at least five homes burglarized in the last week.
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Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Dehydration dogs their journey, and local ranchers have found their homes burglarized by travelers in search of sustenance.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The building in question has since replaced its doors and locks which were burglarized.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
At a council meeting last month, a business owner told Hanceville’s leaders her laundromat had been burglarized and vandalized several times in the past year.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Several people have been arrested in connection with the theft of items from Bexar County Sheriff’s Office vehicles that were burglarized at a county fleet maintenance facility, according to arrest affidavits.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2026
The incident begain Sunday morning when police were notified that several cars in the 900 block of North Brainard Street had been burglarized and a 2007 Honda Civic was stolen, the release said.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Investigators determined several of the addresses had been burglarized since 2023, the complaint said.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In 2011, an Airbnb host's apartment was ransacked, damaged and burglarized by guests, causing other hosts, guests and the general public to question the platform's trustworthiness three years into its existence, Chesky said.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Dehydration dogs their journey, and local ranchers have found their homes burglarized by travelers in search of sustenance.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The building in question has since replaced its doors and locks which were burglarized.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
At a council meeting last month, a business owner told Hanceville’s leaders her laundromat had been burglarized and vandalized several times in the past year.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Several people have been arrested in connection with the theft of items from Bexar County Sheriff’s Office vehicles that were burglarized at a county fleet maintenance facility, according to arrest affidavits.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2026
The incident begain Sunday morning when police were notified that several cars in the 900 block of North Brainard Street had been burglarized and a 2007 Honda Civic was stolen, the release said.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Investigators determined several of the addresses had been burglarized since 2023, the complaint said.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In 2011, an Airbnb host's apartment was ransacked, damaged and burglarized by guests, causing other hosts, guests and the general public to question the platform's trustworthiness three years into its existence, Chesky said.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglarized
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Though prices have climbed at a fast rate since the war started, there were similar market shocks in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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Simultaneously, Israel invaded Lebanon in an operation that killed thousands, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, and displaced more than a million people, according to the United Nations.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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McCoy was once considered a top-10 pick, but the 6-foot, 195-pound corner sustained a torn ACL during offseason workouts in January 2025 that robbed him of his junior season.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The terrifying story of how Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 is being made into a Canal+ doc series.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Burglarized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglarized. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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