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burgle

/ˈbɜːɡl̩/US/ˈbɝɡl̩/

burgle verb: to commit burglary.

burgle: an open window with a view of the outside
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Verb

burgle (third-person singular simple present burgles, present participle burgling, simple past and past participle burgled)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland) To commit burglary.
    • In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight1867 March 14, “This and That”, in Delaware Tribune, Wilmington, DE, page 1
    • The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle."1867 August 24, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, page 8
    Synonyms:
    burglarize
  2. (Ireland, UK) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
    • And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport
    • I'm surprised you have anything left to curate, Mr Bradford. Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly. Why don't you hang up a notice saying 'Please Burgle Me'?2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders

burgle meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Thai

burgle in Malayalam

loot, rob, steal from
ഗൃഹഭേദനം നടത്തുക, ഭവനഭേദനംനടത്തുക, പൂട്ടുമുറിക്കുക, വീടു കുത്തിത്തുറന്നു മോഷ്ടിക്കുക, കളവു ചെയ്യുക, കുത്തിക്കവരുക

burgle in Kannada

ತುಡುಗು

burgle in Thai

to commit burglary
ยกเค้า, ปล้น bplôn

Examples of burgle in a sentence

  • A "cablegram" has been received, and $400 have been "burgled."1868 February 13, Louisville Daily Courier, Louisvile, KY, page 4:
  • Burgled his safe and bolted with the tin.1868, John Brougham, Much Ado About a Merchant of Venice, New York: Samuel French, page 13:
  • [S]he went and burgled three pears out of the dish ...1869, Joanna H. Mathews, Bessie at School, London: James Nisbet & Co., page 183:
  • Conceive the Great Lexicographer admitting to his Dictionary such excrescencies as: "Burgle, verb active, To break into a dwelling-house,"1870 February 5, “American Slangography”, in Punch, London, page 44:

Synonyms of burgle

Forms of burgle

third-person singular presentburgles
present participleburgling
past participleburgled
pastburgled

Past tense of burgle: burgled

Origin of burgle

Back-formation from burglar (1867).

Words formed from burgle

Words that rhyme with burgle

Questions about burgle

What does burgle mean?
Burgle means to commit burglary.
What is burgle in Malayalam?
Burgle in Malayalam is ഗൃഹഭേദനം നടത്തുക, ഭവനഭേദനംനടത്തുക, പൂട്ടുമുറിക്കുക. See Burgle meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use burgle in a sentence?
A "cablegram" has been received, and $400 have been "burgled."
What part of speech is burgle?
Burgle is a verb.
How do you pronounce burgle?
Burgle is pronounced /ˈbɜːɡl̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of burgle?
The past tense of burgle is burgled.

Words near burgle in the dictionary

  1. burglarproof
  2. burglars
  3. burglary
  4. burglary tourism
  5. Burglauenen
  6. burgle
  7. burgled
  8. burglee
  9. burglees
  10. burgler
  11. burgles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burgle (page history and authors); burgle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); burgle (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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