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burglaring

burglaring is the present participle and gerund of burglar.

Meaning of burglar

Verb

burglar (third-person singular simple present burglars, present participle burglaring, simple past and past participle burglared)

  1. (ambitransitive) To commit burglary.
    • The latter, with another constable, remained to watch the burglared premises both back and front, […]1901, Emma Orczy, The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace

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Questions about burglaring

What is burglaring the present participle and gerund of?
Burglaring is the present participle and gerund of burglar.

Words near burglaring in the dictionary

  1. burglarer
  2. burglarers
  3. burglaress
  4. burglaresses
  5. burglaries
  6. burglaring
  7. burglarious
  8. burglariously
  9. burglariousness
  10. burglarise
  11. burglarised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burglaring (page history and authors); burglar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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