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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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Recent Examples of burgle
But Tellez has five career steals, so if Kirk is motivated to keep burgling those bases, there’s something else to shoot for.
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Jon Hamm is stellar in this dramedy about a man who loses everything and turns to a life of crime, burgling his wealthy friends and neighbors while getting mixed up in various relationships and conflicts.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper
John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The local Chinese restaurant and the local corner shop have also been burgled.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Jon Hamm is stellar in this dramedy about a man who loses everything and turns to a life of crime, burgling his wealthy friends and neighbors while getting mixed up in various relationships and conflicts.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Your Friends and Neighbors Apple TV+, April 11 Literary bona fides: not an adaptation, but created by the novelist Jonathan Tropper
John Hamm stars as a rich guy who, having lost his job, decides to make ends meet by burgling from his neighbors.
—Emily Temple
march 28, Literary Hub, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burgle
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Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago this month.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Another scene that always gives me goosebumps is the one with the birds and winged creatures invading the high-tech production, especially because of the sound work and the powerful voice of Tulipa Ruiz.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Federal officials said Wright and others robbed at least five victims in Windsor and Bloomfield between July and November 2020.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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And then there was France’s Julia Simon winning a gold medal four months after being convicted of robbing her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet — who placed 80th (just imagine a teammate racking up $2,300 in charges on your credit card, then beating you to the podium).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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