Burgle
verb
To illegally enter a house or other building in order to steal things.
His house was burgled while he was on vacation.
Often appears as...
- burgled a house
- burgled an office
verb
To illegally enter a house or other building in order to steal things.
His house was burgled while he was on vacation.
Often appears as...
- burgled a house
- burgled an office
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Act
Burgle refers to the crime of stealing from someone's property.
The jewelry store was burgled at midnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Unauthorized Entry
The act of burgling involves entering a building without permission.
She was shocked to find someone had burgled her flat during the night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mugging
'Burgle' is specifically for stealing from buildings, not from people directly.
He was arrested for attempting to burgle a house, not for mugging someone.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Act
Burgle refers to the crime of stealing from someone's property.
The jewelry store was burgled at midnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Unauthorized Entry
The act of burgling involves entering a building without permission.
She was shocked to find someone had burgled her flat during the night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mugging
'Burgle' is specifically for stealing from buildings, not from people directly.
He was arrested for attempting to burgle a house, not for mugging someone.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Act
Burgle refers to the crime of stealing from someone's property.
The jewelry store was burgled at midnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Unauthorized Entry
The act of burgling involves entering a building without permission.
She was shocked to find someone had burgled her flat during the night.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Mugging
'Burgle' is specifically for stealing from buildings, not from people directly.
He was arrested for attempting to burgle a house, not for mugging someone.
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Erin McKean: Go ahead,...
You can take a word and you can kind of squish it down a little bit. So for example, in English we had the word "editor" before we had the word "edit." "Edit" was formed from "editor." Sometimes these back-formations sound a little Bulldozers bulldoze, butlers butle and burglers burgle.
Video examples
Erin McKean: Go ahead,...
You can take a word and you can kind of squish it down a little bit. So for example, in English we had the word "editor" before we had the word "edit." "Edit" was formed from "editor." Sometimes these back-formations sound a little Bulldozers bulldoze, butlers butle and burglers burgle.
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Quote examples
Joanna Lumley
English Actress
A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!
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Dido Harding
British Public Servant
I am a physical retailer by trade - if your shop is burgled you don't immediately think, 'Is it North Korea? Is it the Mafia?' But with cyber you don't know initially whether you're dealing with a state actor, as they call them, a small-time criminal, an insider.
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Daniel Mays
English Actor
I've never been burgled. I don't quite know what I would do if it was the dead of night and there was someone in the house, and my kids were asleep upstairs.
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Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
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David Morrissey
English Actor
My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.
Quote examples
Joanna Lumley
English Actress
A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!
Quote examples
Dido Harding
British Public Servant
I am a physical retailer by trade - if your shop is burgled you don't immediately think, 'Is it North Korea? Is it the Mafia?' But with cyber you don't know initially whether you're dealing with a state actor, as they call them, a small-time criminal, an insider.
Quote examples
Daniel Mays
English Actor
I've never been burgled. I don't quite know what I would do if it was the dead of night and there was someone in the house, and my kids were asleep upstairs.
Quote examples
Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
Quote examples
David Morrissey
English Actor
My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.
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