burglarize
pronunciation
How to pronounce burglarize in British English:
UK ['bɜ:ɡləraɪz]
How to pronounce burglarize in American English:
US [ˈbəɡləˌraɪz]
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- Verb:
- commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
Word Origin
- burglarize (v.)
- 1865, American English, from burglary + -ize. Related: Burglarized; burglarizing. We see in a telegraphic despatch from across the boundary line that a store was "burglarized" a short time ago. We are sorry that any thing so dreadful should have happened to any of our inventive cousins. Truly the American language is "fearfully and wonderfully made." ["Upper Canada Law Journal," September 1865, p.228] Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. "The Yankeeisms donated, collided, and burglarized have been badly used up by an English magazine writer." (Southern Magazine, April, 1871.) The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle. [Maximilian Schele De Vere, "Americanisms; The English of the New World," 1872]
Example
- 1. And then we burglarize the army navy store .