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as in invaded
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 robbed
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 burgled
What’s a novel but a big score of details burgled from the world?
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The Louvre could use a win—the institution was notoriously burgled last October, losing $102 million in jewels.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Gomez has not burgled in 15 years.
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Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The Louvre could use a win—the institution was notoriously burgled last October, losing $102 million in jewels.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Gomez has not burgled in 15 years.
—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgled
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Ukraine prompts the return of sketches One year almost to the day after the COVID Diary ended, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Upon their return, most ended up in countries that were invaded and subdued by the German army.
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Phillies starter Zack Wheeler dominated — with help from center fielder Derek Hill, whose jaw-dropping catch robbed Juan Soto of a home run — to spoil interim manager Andy Green’s in-dugout Mets debut.
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Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which robbed the world of connection and never fully gave it back.
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On that day, police say 14 businesses at shopping centers on Mall Parkway, Covington Highway, and South Hairston Road were burglarized.
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Two Northern California stores were burglarized and had thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon trading cards stolen within hours of each other this week, according to police and the stores' owners.
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“Burgled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgled. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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