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burgle

[bur-guhl]

verb (used with or without object)

burgled, burgling 
  1. to burglarize.



burgle

/ ˈɜːɡə /

verb

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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of burgle1

First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from burglar
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Then, the indictment said, the alleged thieves would rob or burgle the vehicles.

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Officers then launched a murder investigation, believing someone had burgled the family home and stolen the laptop before setting the house on fire.

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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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