burgle

bur·gle

B0559800 (bûr′gəl)tr. & intr.v. bur·gled, bur·gling, bur·gles To burglarize.

[Back-formation from burglar.]

burgle

(ˈbɜːɡəl) vb (Law) to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)

bur•gle

(ˈbɜr gəl)

v.t., v.i. -gled, -gling. Informal. to burglarize. [1865–70, Amer.; back formation from burglar]

burgle

burglarize">burglarize

In 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.

burgle

Past participle: burgled
Gerund: burgling

Imperative
burgle
burgle

Present
I burgle
you burgle
he/she/it burgles
we burgle
you burgle
they burgle

Preterite
I burgled
you burgled
he/she/it burgled
we burgled
you burgled
they burgled

Present Continuous
I am burgling
you are burgling
he/she/it is burgling
we are burgling
you are burgling
they are burgling

Present Perfect
I have burgled
you have burgled
he/she/it has burgled
we have burgled
you have burgled
they have burgled

Past Continuous
I was burgling
you were burgling
he/she/it was burgling
we were burgling
you were burgling
they were burgling

Past Perfect
I had burgled
you had burgled
he/she/it had burgled
we had burgled
you had burgled
they had burgled

Future
I will burgle
you will burgle
he/she/it will burgle
we will burgle
you will burgle
they will burgle

Future Perfect
I will have burgled
you will have burgled
he/she/it will have burgled
we will have burgled
you will have burgled
they will have burgled

Future Continuous
I will be burgling
you will be burgling
he/she/it will be burgling
we will be burgling
you will be burgling
they will be burgling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been burgling
you have been burgling
he/she/it has been burgling
we have been burgling
you have been burgling
they have been burgling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been burgling
you will have been burgling
he/she/it will have been burgling
we will have been burgling
you will have been burgling
they will have been burgling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been burgling
you had been burgling
he/she/it had been burgling
we had been burgling
you had been burgling
they had been burgling

Conditional
I would burgle
you would burgle
he/she/it would burgle
we would burgle
you would burgle
they would burgle

Past Conditional
I would have burgled
you would have burgled
he/she/it would have burgled
we would have burgled
you would have burgled
they would have burgled

Thesaurus

Verb

burgle - commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwellingburglarise, burglarize, heiststeal - 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

偷窃入户行窃盗窃

burglar

(ˈbəːglə) noun a person who enters a house etc illegally to steal. The burglar stole her jewellery.窃贼ˈburglar alarm noun an alarm against burglaries. 防盗自动警铃ˈburglary – plural ˈburglaries – noun (an act of) illegally entering a house etc to steal. He has been charged with burglary. 入户行窃，盗窃 ˈburgle verbOur house has been burgled. 入户行窃，盗窃

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verb rob

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verb commit a burglary

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