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1
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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2
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
- the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled
Synonyms for burgle
- burglarize,
- knock off,
- knock over,
- rip off,
- rob,
- steal (from),
- take off
- [slang]
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of burgle was in 1867
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