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as in to invade
to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent
someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages
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as in to rob
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled
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Recent Examples of burgle
Nobody, a box office hit in 2021, followed Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk), a docile family man who slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled, leading him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Grant told Barry his flat was burgled, microphones were put in his window boxes and dropped into his car, and medical records of him and the mothers of his children were stolen from NHS databases.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Grief Is for People $27 Bookshop.org Over the course of a few short months, Sloane Crosley’s apartment was burgled and her best friend died.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
Glendale is not unique in being targeted by a group of foreign nationals believed to have entered the U.S. under the guise of tourists, but who instead are burgling high-end residential neighborhoods.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Grant told Barry his flat was burgled, microphones were put in his window boxes and dropped into his car, and medical records of him and the mothers of his children were stolen from NHS databases.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Grief Is for People $27 Bookshop.org Over the course of a few short months, Sloane Crosley’s apartment was burgled and her best friend died.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
Glendale is not unique in being targeted by a group of foreign nationals believed to have entered the U.S. under the guise of tourists, but who instead are burgling high-end residential neighborhoods.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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