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burgle

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bur·gle  (bûrgl)
tr. & intr.v. bur·gled, bur·gling, bur·gles
To burglarize.

[Back-formation from burglar.]

burgle [ˈbɜːgəl]
vb
(Law) to commit burglary upon (a house, etc.)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"

burgle
verb rob, raid, loot, steal from, plunder, ransack I thought we had been burgled.
Translations
burgle [ˈbɜːgl] VT (Brit) → robar(de una casa etc)

burgle [ˈbɜːrgəl] vtcambrioler
Her house was burgled → Sa maison a été cambriolée.

burgle
vt (Brit) → einbrechen in (+acc); the place/he was burgledin dem Gebäude/bei ihm wurde eingebrochen

burgle [ˈbɜːgl] vt (house, shop) → svaligiare
I've been burgled → mi hanno svaligiato la casa (or il negozio )
burgle [ˈbɜːgl] vt (house, shop) → svaligiare
I've been burgled → mi hanno svaligiato la casa (or il negozio )

burgle يَِسطُو 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


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He called you away in order to burgle you too, of course
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