Thesaurus results for BURGLING

burgling

verb

present participle of burgle

as in invading

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in robbing

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgling

Verb

Without proper circulation, harmful fungi have an optimal environment for invading your lawn.

— David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Nov. 2026
This logic has endured since 1935, when the League of Nations sanctioned Italy for invading Ethiopia, in the hope that doing so would induce Italy to call off its invasion or at least temper its ambitions.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of invading

Verb

Just days before the killing, Arriaga Guerrero had been arrested for stealing a pickup, robbing a woman at gunpoint at a Crowley Walmart and leading police on a chase.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2026
The election timing was mostly coincidental, though Prigge recognizes the relevance of Sidney Lumet’s film — about a man robbing a bank to fund his lover’s gender-affirming surgery — in 2026.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of robbing

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

burgles

burgling

burgs

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Burgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgling. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of burgling

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

impertinent

Popular in Grammar & Usage

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Popular in Wordplay

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

Popular

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes