Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To burglarize.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To commit burglary.
Wiktionary
- v. chiefly UK, New Zealand to commit burglary.
- v. UK, sports To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to commit a burglary; to enter and rob a dwelling.
WordNet 3.0
- v. commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
Etymologies
- (1872) back-formation from burglar. (Wiktionary)
- Back-formation from burglar. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Well, he must manage it, "burgle" his own house, if necessary.”
“He was wont to "burgle" the houses of the gentry round, and his favourite method of proceeding was to get on the roof and descend the chimneys, which in those days were wide.”
“Ordinarily Spriggs was a cracksman, but the information he gained while at work one night so surprised him, that he forgot to "burgle," and then and there decided to get busy on a job that meant a cleanup of a $60,000 diamond.”
“He added: 'The strong temptation is to burgle or sack people - family, friends, neighbours, strangers.”
“You can accidentally speed but you cannot accidentally burgle someone.”
In some ways I agree about Safety Cameras, but oh the hypocrisy
“If not put them back in jail where they cannot rob and burgle for that time. on December 30, 2009 at 8: 28 am Ranter”
“What do we do as a MOP, do we just let them in with open arms - ‘please steal my things - I wont resist I wouldnt want to effect your human right to burgle me’? or does it have to reach the other end of the spectrum, whereby if you want justice people are forced to action?”
“If I, as a Police Officer, were to say, burgle a house and steal a couple of hundred quids worth of stuff - I would be looking at serious jail.”
Leaders TV Debate – Law & Order Summary SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“Basically all the looters were looking round for somewhere to loot … Kick down a few windows, burgle a few shops.”
The Guardian: Rioter profile: 'Looting was nothing personal. It's just business'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burgle’.
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WF - list of EN back-formations
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_back-formations
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Thievery
synonymous with steal.
pinch, lift, pilfer, appropriate, bilk, abscond, burgle, usurp, purloin, shoplift, bite, five finger discount and 38 more...
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Thief Words
Words that deal with stealing and thievery!
steal, plunder, theif, robber, rob, take, kidnap, stole, take ownership, snatch, grab, hide and 19 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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"A new word created by removing an affix from an already existing word, as vacuum clean from vacuum cleaner, or by removing what is mistakenly thought to be an affix, as pea from the earlier Englis...
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Favorite Verbs and Verb Forms
Culling my main Favorites list, and noticing how few of my favorite words are verbs. I'll have to work on that...
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words I love
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Words that are just fun to say. Entirely subjective, but I like 'em regardless. A complement to the list They Stumble Off The Tongue.
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Tweets
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arby This word is so f-in' cute that I think I would be in big trouble if I lived in England. "Help! I'm being burgled!" I couldn't say it with a straight face. See also the wonderful buttle. Jul 8, 2008
whichbe I prefer that someone wears blurple when they burgle. Jun 9, 2008
kafkaesque "They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall" was a great film. Jan 15, 2007