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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
He was incensed, mistakenly believing that the notepads had been burgled from his barn.
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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This metabolically active fat accumulates around the waist, surrounding and invading the heart, liver, and pancreas.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Georgetown Law School Professor David Super also questioned the amount of deference that Haines gave the administration, including on the questions of whether Tren de Aragua is invading the U.S. and whether the Venezuelan government is responsible.—
Joe Walsh
May 15,
CBS News,
15 May 2025
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Will Luka finally realize that his poor conditioning was his beloved Dallas Mavericks’ main reason for foolishly giving him away, and, while the Mavericks were robbed in the deal, all this talk of weight issues was absolutely true?—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Police allege that shortly after midnight on April 19, Jones and Upshaw approached a Richmond resident on the 500 block of 18th Street in Uptown Oakland, and attempted to rob him for a diamond necklace.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 May 2025
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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