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as in invading
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 robbing
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled
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“Burgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgling. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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