verb
- past tense and past participle of burgle; to illegally enter a building and steal things
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- Their house was burgled while they were on vacation.
- The shop had been burgled three times this year.
- We discovered our apartment had been burgled when we returned home.
- The thieves burgled several homes in the neighborhood.
- Police are investigating after the office was burgled last night.
- She felt violated after her home was burgled.