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burgled

verb

past tense of burgle

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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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 Gomez has not burgled in 15 years. — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026 What’s a novel but a big score of details burgled from the world? — 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

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China has occupied Tibet since 1950, when the People’s Liberation Army invaded the Himalayan region.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
After reservoirs in the Netherlands were invaded in the 1990s, research showed ecological damage, with the bloody red shrimp outcompeting native small crustaceans and zooplankton for resources, Branstrator said.

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026

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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.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
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.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of robbed

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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.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

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