burglarize

C2+ Topic:Shopping & Services

US /ˈbɝɡləˌraɪz/ UK /ˈbɜːɡləˌraɪz/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to break into a building unlawfully in order to steal

Thieves tried to burglarize the shop while the owners were away.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to break into a building... burgle rob loot rifle ransack plunderbreak in

Word family

Derived forms burglarizedburglarizing

Related forms burglar burglary burgle

Etymology

From burglar + -ize; burglar is from Anglo-Latin burglator, perhaps from Medieval Latin burgare ('to break into a house'), from Late Latin burgus ('fortified town').

burgator Latin burgus la-lat

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# burglarize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈbɝɡləˌraɪz
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɜːɡləˌraɪz

## Meanings
1. to break into a building unlawfully in order to steal

## Examples
- Thieves tried to burglarize the shop while the owners were away.

## Synonyms
- burgle
- rob
- loot
- rifle
- ransack
- plunder
- break in

## Derived Forms
- burglarized
- burglarizing

## Related Forms
- burglar
- burglary
- burgle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: burgator
- Root: burgus

## Etymology
From burglar + -ize; burglar is from Anglo-Latin burglator, perhaps from Medieval Latin burgare ('to break into a house'), from Late Latin burgus ('fortified town').

## AI Etymology
Burglarize is from burglar + -ize; burglar is from Anglo-Latin burglator, perhaps from Medieval Latin burgare ('to break into a house'), from Late Latin burgus ('fortified town'). Important recorded forms include burgator (Latin) and burgus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers to break into a building unlawfully in order to steal. The wider family includes derived forms such as burglarized and burglarizing and related words such as burglar, burglary, and burgle.

## Topics
- Shopping & Services
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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