to case
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8.8
- verb
- /keɪs/
- NSFW
- It's always a good idea, if you're in the burglary business, to case out your targets before striking.
- case the joint
- case the place
- case a house
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Watch on YouTubeIt's almost like a thief casing a bank or a store or a house before they burglarize it.
- It's almost like a thief casing a bank or a store or a house before they burglarize it.
- And then they then looked like into certain windows and was kind of like casing the place.
- I mean, what can you tell people about how to know when they're being cased or if somebody's getting ready to harm them in some way?
Examples
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When she was settled, they'd gone out to case the neighborhood.
Fiction book (1990) -
And while we were there, Foley observed the two suspects casing the establishment.
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I thought we was coming here to case the bank.
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Give me time to case the joint.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're casing the front of the building.
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I think somebody's gotta case the airport.
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Cameras picked him up casing the joint.
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I cased the Noel Town bank.
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His dark eyes scanned the yard as though to case it for a robbery.
Fiction book (1993) -
As the suspect walked down the street, he was careful not to be seen while he cased the store for a potential robbery.
Synonyms
3
9.9
To look at a place to plan a robbery
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
1
6.0
To organize legal arguments, evidence, and papers before a trial or hearing
Compounds
30
3.9
An argument with good evidence and clear reasons that is likely to convince people
12
2.4
A glass cabinet with clear sides that shows and protects things like jewelry or small objects
12
5.2
A legal matter handled by the national government rather than state or local courts
10
4.4
A legal process to decide who will live with and care for a child after parents separate
- Specialized
6
4.1
A detailed written record of a person's past medical and personal information
- Specialized
4
5.6
A legal case against a company or person for breaking laws that keep business competition fair
- Specialized
1
3.7
The amount of work a doctor, lawyer, or agency has from the people they must help in a period
- Specialized
1
6.7
First known person in an outbreak who helps trace where the disease came from
- Archaic
1
9.8
A metal cylinder filled with small balls fired from a cannon to spread them widely
- Informal
1
8.6
A feeling of being tired and not wanting to work at the start of the week
- Specialized
1
7.4
The form words like him or them take when they are objects in a sentence
- Slang
A state when your thinking is slow and unclear after drinking too much alcohol
- Specialized
The part of people who have a disease and die from it, often shown as a percent
- Specialized
Steel with a very hard surface and a softer inside to resist wear
- Slang
A funny phrase for feeling stuck and bored in a long meeting or at home
- Specialized
The percentage of infections that become known as cases
- Offensive
A clear example of someone acting foolish while thinking they are smart
- Specialized
A noun form that shows the person who receives something or benefits from an action
- Formal
A small lockable case for carrying important papers like letters or legal documents
A tropical bean plant with red flowers that grows black beans with white spots you can eat
- Specialized
A noun form in some languages that shows movement away or how something is done
- Specialized
A noun with 's that shows who owns or is closely connected to something
- Specialized
A grammatical form that shows possession or a close relationship, usually shown with 's
- Specialized
Different forms of nouns or pronouns that show their role in a sentence
- Specialized
A word form that shows who something belongs to, for example John's book
A small baked pastry cup that holds creamy fillings like chicken or mushrooms as an appetizer
- Specialized
A small bag on a plant or fungus that holds tiny parts for making new plants
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Case as a verb meaning to study a place (often before a crime) is best remembered this way: a helpful idea is that it comes from the noun case meaning a 'subject to study', so to 'case' a building is to study it carefully as you would a case.