burgle
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The suspect says he did not burgle Sarah.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
Alexandru Stan was acquitted of conspiring to burgle the homes following a high-profile trial.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2021
“You make it as hard as possible for burglars in hopes that they look for some other house to burgle, but it’s impossible to ever completely secure your house.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
Ford’s conversion took England to within five points and they had two minutes to burgle a victory.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2015
“Yes,” I chimed in, joyously, “only, we are going to burgle out, instead of breaking in;” and we then both had a hearty chuckle at this little joke.
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by William Heysham Overend
They speak a language that burgles and rains from their mouths like water through a pipe.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Here in America, when a man burgles your residence, you go and confide in a detective, who keeps your secret and gets another detective to help him.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
Every burglar who burgles in really humorous attitudes will burgle as much as he likes.
From All Things Considered by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s mansion was nearly burgled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Against Ireland, England had 52% possession, did almost half as much kicking as their opponents -18 in open play to Ireland's 31 - but were burgled at the breakdown repeatedly, conceding 14 turnovers.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Love Island host Maya Jama and Manchester City player Ruben Dias are said to be devastated after their Cheshire home was burgled on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Weeks after her store was burgled, Leuschner had a strange interaction with a man offering her thousands of Legos “at a very low price.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Before me, Lelia had come off a string of men who made her feel steadily sorry and confused and burgled.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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The burgling of the psychiatrist’s office has been misunderstood in many accounts of Ellsberg’s life.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2023
But, she says, “I’m not using my garden and the wood beyond my cottage as a sort of green Tesco, burgling myself some green serotonin and dopamine. It’s much more of a two-way relationship.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2020
Former welder Caylor told police she had been assaulted but was later charged with burgling her sister's flat and perverting the course of justice.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2016
She is charged with burgling the home of Emily Cox, a researcher with whom Mr Hemming fathered a child in 2005.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2011
"Head it, suspicious information: first prisoner, probably dangerous burglar burgling on Christmas eve; second prisoner, cattle thief; third prisoner—" "But we aren't anything like that," broke in Rudolf hastily.
From The Wonderful Bed by Gertrude Knevels