burgle
verb (used with or without object)
to burglarize.
burgling
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present participleof burgle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Manchester City winger Jack Grealish says he is "devastated" after the "traumatic experience" of thieves burgling his home while he was playing.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
The burgling of the psychiatrist’s office has been misunderstood in many accounts of Ellsberg’s life.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2023
Co-defendant O'Shay Swan, 42, from Winson Green Road, Birmingham, denies burgling Mr Varlow's property between 10 and 13 November and committing fraud in relation to the use of a bank card on 12 November.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2022
But, she says, “I’m not using my garden and the wood beyond my cottage as a sort of green Tesco, burgling myself some green serotonin and dopamine. It’s much more of a two-way relationship.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2020
But I have gone burgling after Bill Sikes and followed the road precisely as Dickens describes it, and Pyrcroft I never came near.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
