burgle

Example Sentences

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Grant previously claimed journalists had used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house - NGN denied the claims against it.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

“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

On Tuesday, more than 200 officers raided 12 addresses in north London and southeast England on Tuesday, arresting seven men, all British and aged over 48, on suspicion of conspiracy to burgle.

From Reuters • May 19, 2015

There once was a lonesome, lorn spinster, And luck had for years been ag'inst her; When a man came to burgle She shrieked, with a gurgle, "Stop thief, while I call in a min'ster!"

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)