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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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Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.
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Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering, 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead.
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The man told the resident that a neighbor's house was on fire as a distraction, while others walked in and burglarized the house.
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The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged.
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“Burgled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgled. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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