burgle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Origin of burgle
First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from burglar
Example Sentences
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The message added: "Tell him thanks for burgling my flat."
From BBC
He also admitted burgling the site and stealing a mallet and power tools on the same night.
From BBC
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".
From BBC
In 2022, a Brink’s big rig transporting millions of dollars of jewelry was burgled at a Grapevine truck stop.
From Los Angeles Times
A TV fell on him while he was burgling a house and he later spent six weeks in Birmingham's Winston Green prison after robbing a clothes shop.
From BBC
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