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burgle

[ bur-guhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

burgled, burgling.


burgle

/ ˈɜːɡə /

verb

  1. to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of burgle1

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from burglar
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Three men from south-east London who burgled a museum in Switzerland have been found guilty of a plot to murder a cage fighter who was shot in his kitchen.

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The memo is also notable for one of the names in it - James McCord, who would later gain infamy as one of the men who burgled the Watergate complex.

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After watching his side burgled in their own home by an increasingly familiar Rangers away Europa League display, the Portuguese landed far more blows on the visitors than his team had managed.

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Grant had accused The Sun of using private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, and said he settled because he could not face the possible costs of proceeding to trial.

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It comes as LA officials warned anyone caught "taking advantage" of the disaster by scamming or burgling wildfire victims will be prosecuted.

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