Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dead-lurk v.

[dead lurk n. (1)]

(UK Und.) to break into a house when the occupants are away, esp. when they are at church on a Sunday.

[UK]W.E. Henley ‘Villon’s Straight Tip’ in Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 176: Dead-lurk a crib, or do a crack; / Pad with a slang, or chuck a mag.