v. U.S. [f. BURGLAR + -IZE.] trans. To rob burglariously; to break into by violence for the purpose of theft.
1867. Freedom’s Champion, 10 Jan., 3/3. An attempt was made to burglarize the house of Mr. Jordan, the supposition being that the family were absent in Missouri.
1883. Talmage, in Chr. Globe, 13 Sept., 829/2. The man who had a contempt for a petty theft will burglarise the wheat-bin of a nation.
1884. Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., 7 Feb., 1. The house of John Fuller was burglarized on Wednesday night.
