burgle

[ bur-guhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

, bur·gled, bur·gling.

1. to burglarize.

burgle

/ ˈbɜːɡəl /

verb

1. to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of burgle¹

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from burglar

Example Sentences

Recorder Greg Bull KC told Doyle had a bad record for dishonesty, and that he had taken advantage of the situation he found himself in to burgle the two pensioners' flats.

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She admitted conspiracy to burgle after she was seen filming alongside career criminal Ashley Cumberpatch and others at the Harley Gallery in the Welbeck Estate in Worksop in 2017.

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The suspect says he did not burgle Sarah.

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Last year, three Italians - Jugoslav Jovanovic, Alessandro Maltese and Alessandro Donati - were jailed for 28 years in total after pleading guilty to conspiracy to burgle.

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He and three other men travelled from London in January 2021 to burgle a house on Newport Road, Cardiff, where they knew cannabis was being grown.

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