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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
But Tellez has five career steals, so if Kirk is motivated to keep burgling those bases, there’s something else to shoot for.
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Jon Hamm is stellar in this dramedy about a man who loses everything and turns to a life of crime, burgling his wealthy friends and neighbors while getting mixed up in various relationships and conflicts.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper
John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Jon Hamm is stellar in this dramedy about a man who loses everything and turns to a life of crime, burgling his wealthy friends and neighbors while getting mixed up in various relationships and conflicts.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper
John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
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What now is the difference between the United States attacking Venezuela in order to install new leadership and Russia invading Ukraine to effect annexation and leadership change?—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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The drug-trafficking-as-armed-attack line simply doesn’t work—not as a justification for bombing fishing boats in international waters in the Caribbean, and not for invading a foreign country and kidnapping its president.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The buildup has robbed the Pentagon of the element of surprise, but that may not make a huge difference.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Hanaway alleges that because of census procedure in the 2020 apportionment, Missouri was robbed of a congressional seat and electoral vote.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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