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bur·gle
(bûr′gəl)tr. & intr.v. bur·gled, bur·gling, bur·gles
To burglarize.
[Back-formation from burglar.]
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burgle
(ˈbɜːɡəl)vb
(Law) to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)
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bur•gle
(ˈbɜr gəl)v.t., v.i. -gled, -gling.
Informal. to burglarize.
[1865–70, Amer.; back formation from burglar]
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burgle
– burglarizeIn British English, if you are burgled or if your house is burgled, someone breaks into your house and steals things.
Our flat was burgled while we were on holiday.
Gail had recently been burgled.
American speakers usually say that a house is burglarized.
Her home had been burglarized.
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burgle
Past participle: burgled
Gerund: burgling
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| Verb | 1. | burgle - commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
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Translations
يَسْطُويَسْطو على البيْتِ ويَسرِقُه
vyloupitvloupat se
begå indbrud ibryde ind i
tehdä murtovarkaus
provaliti
brjótast inn
泥棒に入る
강도질하다
vlomiti
göra inbrott
บุกเข้ามาขโมยของ
ev soymakhırsızlık yapmaksoymak
ăn trộm
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burgle
vt (Brit) → einbrechen in (+acc); the place/he was burgled → in dem Gebäude/bei ihm wurde eingebrochen
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burgle
[ˈbɜːgl] vt (house, shop) → svaligiareI've been burgled → mi hanno svaligiato la casa (or il negozio )
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burglar
(ˈbəːglə) noun a person who enters a house etc illegally to steal. The burglar stole her jewellery.
ˈburglar alarm noun an alarm against burglaries.
ˈburglary – plural ˈburglaries – noun (an act of) illegally entering a house etc to steal. He has been charged with burglary.
ˈburgle verbOur house has been burgled.
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burgle
→ يَسْطُو vyloupit begå indbrud i einbrechen παραβιάζω robar tehdä murtovarkaus cambrioler provaliti svaligiare 泥棒に入る 강도질하다 inbreken bryte (seg) inn włamać się assaltar совершать кражу со взломом göra inbrott บุกเข้ามาขโมยของ soymak ăn trộm 偷窃Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009