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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 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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Yaroslav Perepadya has built a life in Davis since fleeing Ukraine with his teenage son after Russia invaded their country in 2022.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Harald was just three years old when German troops invaded Norway forcing his family, along with members of the Norwegian government, to flee to neighboring Sweden.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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