BURGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burgle mean? 

• BURGLE (verb)
  The verb BURGLE has 1 sense:

1. commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

  Familiarity information: BURGLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they burgle    ... he / she / it burgles   
Past simple: burgled   
Past participle: burgled   
-ing form: burgling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

burglarise; burglarize; burgle; heist

Hypernyms (to "burgle" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

"Burgle" entails doing...:

break; break in (enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

burglary (entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property)

 Context examples 

To burgle his house is no more than to forcibly take his pocketbook—an action in which you were prepared to aid me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But it has twice been burgled.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Watson, I mean to burgle Milverton’s house to-night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night.’ said he.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is a first-class, up-to-date burgling kit, with nickel-plated jemmy, diamond-tipped glass-cutter, adaptable keys, and every modern improvement which the march of civilization demands.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, when Dr. Barnicot came down this morning he was astonished to find that his house had been burgled during the night, but that nothing had been taken save the plaster head from the hall.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)