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v. - To break and enter with intent to steal.

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Usage examples (9)
  • Would you let us back into the English-speaking world if we spell it "burglarise" instead?
  • Filipe was prevailed upon to borrow a ladder from another house, and burglarise my home to the extent of putting the monkey in.
  • "Now, then," he muttered, "I will burglarise a house and get money."
  • So whats the point, insure the people who want it, but want me to pay for it, or some illegal who criminally broke, and entered my country, then commenced to burglarise...
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