Synonyms

burgle

American

[bur-guhl] / ˈbɜr gəl /

verb (used with or without object)

burgled, burgling

to burglarize.

burgle British

/ ˈbɜːɡəl /

verb

to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of burgle

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from burglar

Example Sentences

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With lunch approaching in Sydney and Australia attempting to burgle some overs to hasten the second new ball, the hosts asked Marnus Labuschagne to bowl some of his very occasional medium-pace.

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Mr Rangarajan was not CEO when the hack happened but says that colleagues described the chaos of discovering the hackers as "feeling like you'd been burgled whilst still inside the house".

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They could bug, burgle and listen to "subjects of interest", to use the jargon.

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The memo is also notable for one of the names in it - James McCord, who would later gain infamy as one of the men who burgled the Watergate complex.

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After watching his side burgled in their own home by an increasingly familiar Rangers away Europa League display, the Portuguese landed far more blows on the visitors than his team had managed.

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