Thesaurus results for BURGLE

burgle

verb

ˈbər-gəl

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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Examples of burgle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One patron’s wife stopped him from going to the gallery after his vehicle was burgled twice. —

Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024 Footage from a camera near the home's front door, which Dr. M's family shared with Southlake DPS, clearly shows an opportunist opossum burgled the baked goods. —

Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 Grief Is for People Over the course of a few short months, Sloane Crosley’s apartment was burgled and her best friend died. —

Chloe Schama, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024 The unit's first assignment was to discredit Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, by burgling the office of his psychiatrist Lewis Fielding in order to find incriminating evidence—ultimately to no avail. —

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for burgle

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