verb
- breaking into and stealing from a building, especially someone’s home
Usage: present participle of burglarize; American English
Examples
- The police caught him burglarizing the jewelry store.
- She was arrested for burglarizing three houses in the neighborhood.
- Security cameras showed someone burglarizing the office building.
- They spent the night burglarizing vacant homes.
- The suspect was seen burglarizing the warehouse at midnight.
- He confessed to burglarizing several apartments downtown.