1
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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2
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 Synonyms for burgled
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An enemy may have invaded your beautiful, green lawn, leaving it ugly and brown.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025 -
For better or worse, fashionable footwear has invaded the hiking space.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
14 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, even when ticketholders feel robbed by cheating or bad calls, that doesn’t mean the game ticket didn’t live up to its end of the bargain.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Their online childhoods also robbed them of life skills best learned by leaving the house.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Five businesses in Camarillo and Thousand Oaks were burglarized between July 2024 and July 2025, resulting in the theft of thousands of California Lottery scratcher tickets worth nearly $10,000, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to court documents from Carroll County, Maryland obtained by Variety, the charges allege that the Osefos falsely claimed to have been burglarized in April 2024, and that items from their home were stolen (designer bags and jewelry).—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Burgled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgled. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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