burgle

• You would be too far from town to call help There is nothing at McKittrick's to burgle," his daughter retorted triumphantly. —  Tabitha's Vacation
• You can readily imagine if a man has been in the habit of practising all day, even if he does 'burgle' at night, that to be suddenly deprived of all instrumental resources is a bitter blow Pinton stuttered out an affirmative response. —  Visionaries
• If you hear thieves in the chicken coop during the night, don't move a muscle; if you smell smoke and know the house is on fire, lie perfectly still and count imaginary sheep jumping over an imaginary fence; if you feel the folding bed closing up let it close and go on with your counting; if you know that burglars are in the room pay no attention to them and let them burgle--you have business of your own to attend to. —  The Silly Syclopedia
• I would steal--burgle--housebreak--cut the sweetest lady's throat in Christendom--for a fire There! —  The Sorcery Club
• "Did he go there just to burgle, or did he go there to get that will That's another thing we've got to find out!" —  Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms