Thesaurus results for BURGLED

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 Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s mansion was nearly burgled. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 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 Gomez has not burgled in 15 years. — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026

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The day after Israel's modern independence, the armies of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, with a Saudi contingent in tow, invaded.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Putin’s statements, in an interview with Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin broadcast late Thursday, doubled down on his claims to territory in Ukraine that Russia invaded and illegally annexed in 2022.

— Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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To make matters worse, this isn't the first time the band has been robbed.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbed

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Staff at an Albany Park coffee shop planned to celebrate their first anniversary over the weekend, but they were burglarized the same day.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Connor headed inside to relax for the first time in months, only to find that the property had been burglarized.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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