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Burglary damages church.


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Burglars ransacked ran·sack  
tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks
1. To search or examine thoroughly.

2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage.
 a Eugene church this week, and the tally of damages far outweighs the value of the missing property, police said.

An employee discovered the burglary at Westminster Church, 777 Coburg Road, when she arrived for work about 8 a.m. Monday. A meeting the previous night had ended about 6 p.m., giving a 14-hour window of time in which the burglary must have occurred, police said.

A small amount of cash and some electronic equipment were missing, but damages to the interior of the building could mean thousands of dollars in repairs. The burglar BURGLAR. One who commits a burglary. (q. v.)  or burglars pried pried 1  
v.
Past tense and past participle of pry1.
 open or kicked in doors and smashed glass to get access to different areas of the church. They also pried open a safe and vending machine vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. , extensively damaging both.
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Title Annotation:Crime
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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