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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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John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.
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Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
A week prior to the burglary, one of the suspects was in contact with a man accused of acting as a middleman to sell luxury items burgled from wealthy homeowners, according to federal prosecutors.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Four Chilean men were arrested in connection with the burglary of a string of multimillion-dollar homes, including one on the date Burrow’s home was burgled, though Burrow was not explicitly mentioned in the police report.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Act Two relocates to the offices, looking ransacked after being burgled the night before.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
A week prior to the burglary, one of the suspects was in contact with a man accused of acting as a middleman to sell luxury items burgled from wealthy homeowners, according to federal prosecutors.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Four Chilean men were arrested in connection with the burglary of a string of multimillion-dollar homes, including one on the date Burrow’s home was burgled, though Burrow was not explicitly mentioned in the police report.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Act Two relocates to the offices, looking ransacked after being burgled the night before.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Some of those territories were invaded with the tacit support of Western allies keen to prop up an anti-communist leader, at a time when proxy conflicts backed by the US and the Soviet Union raged across the Global South.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Russia’s national teams have been banned from IIHF competition since the country invaded Ukraine in February 2022, so a player like Privalov can’t participate in the U18 Worlds or the World Juniors.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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But Gallagher couldn’t bear robbing the audience — and Marissa — of the satisfaction of his downfall.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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An 88-year-old Seattle woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a man violently assaulted and robbed her, biting off her finger and stealing her jewelry, police say.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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