"commit burglary upon," 1865年,美國英語,由 burglary 和 -ize 組成。在英國和加拿大被譴責爲美國野蠻行爲。相關詞彙: 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]
我們從邊界線那邊的電報中看到,不久前有一家商店被 "burglarized"。我們很遺憾任何可怕的事情都會發生在我們有創造力的表兄弟身上。確實,美國語言是“可怕而奇妙的”。[上加拿大法律雜誌,1865年9月,第228頁]
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]
Burglarize,一個正在滲透到新聞業中的術語。 “捐贈,碰撞和 burglarized 這些美國俚語已經被一位英國雜誌作家嚴重批評。”(Southern Magazine,1871年4月。)這個詞在 burgle 這個更短的詞中有一個危險的競爭對手。[馬克西米利安·謝勒·德·維爾,“美國俚語; 新世界的英語”,1872年]