burgles

verb

present tense third-person singular of burgle
1
as in invades
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
as in robs
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 Synonyms for burgles
  1. invades
  2. robs
  3. burglarizes
Verb
  • Cover the Soil Like other weeds, ragweed is opportunistic and quickly invades areas of bare soil.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The larvae come from the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, which invades open wounds or the mucous membranes of body openings in any warm-blooded animal, including humans, and devours tissue, causing the wounds to become increasingly deep and painful.
    — Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of invades
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  • But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of robs
Verb
  • Coop burglarizes mansions to cling to a lifestyle he’s lost.
    — Ryan Brennan April 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of burglarizes
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