How to Use burglarize in a Sentence

burglarize

verb
  • Lyles called the police for help Sunday morning and told them her home had been burglarized.
    Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
  • Three men tried to burglarize a Coral Gables home Sunday night.
    Carli Teproff, miamiherald, 5 June 2017
  • A resident reported her home had been burglarized on May 18.
    Cheryl Higley, cleveland.com, 3 June 2017
  • Two Aurora homes were burglarized within days of each other, according to police.
    Staff Report, Aurora Beacon-News, 13 June 2017
  • Police were looking for the person or people who shattered the glass of the main doors of two Shawnee businesses and burglarized them early Tuesday.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
  • Because the two burglaries are a mile apart and the businesses were burglarized in a similar manner, police were investigating whether the two crimes were related.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
  • When deputies arrived, family members told them that Menard burglarized a neighboring residence and stole a rifle before making his way to the home of his grandparents.
    Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 31 May 2017
  • The home the van had been parked in front of was also burglarized.
    Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2018
  • This isn’t the first time Puig’s home has been burglarized.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The house has not been burglarized and entry was not gained.
    Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The tusk was on display when the center was burglarized March 8.
    Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • Two vehicles — one in the garage and one in the driveway — were burglarized, deputies said.
    Stephen Ruiz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 May 2018
  • Even more bummed to get home after long 36 hours and find out my house was burglarized.
    Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Within the first 16 months, the restaurant was burglarized three times.
    Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Two homes on the same block were burglarized on June 13 and reported June 14.
    latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • The Garretts had a tough first year, as their place was burglarized last summer.
    Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Lake County News-Sun, 18 June 2018
  • The house was burglarized June 6, the Sheriff's Office said.
    Nathan J. Fish, azcentral, 22 June 2018
  • Damn my home in Dallas was just burglarized, called the cops and still waiting on @DallasPD to make a report.
    Nina Mandell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
  • On Tuesday his house in Dallas was burglarized and among the items stolen was a toilet.
    Jeff Maillet, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The store was burglarized after two suspects threw a rock through the north side window.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
  • His home was burglarized the same day — something that’s happened at least three times.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • In just the past few weeks, a black man in New York was accused of burglarizing his own apartment.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 14 May 2018
  • His nutritional store was the first to be burglarized, back on the night of Sept. 28 or the early morning hours of Sept. 29.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Yates had returned to her Tempe home and found Cahill burglarizing it.
    Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In December 2021 a man burglarizing the Avants’ home, Aariel Maynor, shot and killed her.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Pack had to watch thieves burglarize the shop on his cellphone on two occasions.
    Matt Bruce, ajc, 12 Mar. 2022
  • An audio store on the Berlin Turnpike was burglarized this week by suspects who crashed a car through the store’s glass windows.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In late June, the suspect burglarized two gas stations on the same night, the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
    Nancy Daly, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2018
  • Police in Rocky Hill said at least 43 vehicles were burglarized over the weekend, with most having the windows broken.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Police were alerted to the killing by a concerned citizen who told them a local resident had been tied up and assaulted and that his home had been burglarized.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024

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