burgle

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[edit] Etymology

(1872) back-formation from burglar.

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Infinitive
to burgle

Third person singular
burgles

Simple past
burgled

Past participle
burgled

Present participle
burgling

to burgle (third-person singular simple present burgles, present participle burgling, simple past and past participle burgled)

  1. (chiefly British) to steal from a premises; to commit burglary.

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French: cambrioler

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