单词	burgling
释义	burgle verb bur·​gle ˈbər-gəl  burgled; burgling ˈbər-g(ə-)liŋ  ; burgles transitive verb : to break into and steal from (a home, business, etc.) : burglarize One area resident tells Newsweek her house had been burgled a few years ago while she and her husband were inside. Jeff Stein intransitive verb : to commit robbery Clearly, the more often a man … burgles, the more likely he is to get caught. The Economist While the law is a disincentive, the main reason most of us don't kill, punch or burgle is that we think it's wrong and consequently prefer not to. David Mitchell Synonyms break in burglarize See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled Recent Examples on the Web Todd’s Ice, located near Genova’s in the 140 Village Shopping Center in Westminster, has also been burgled — and more than once — according to owner Todd Asplen. Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 28 Aug. 2019 The unexpected disarray could have been the sign of a struggle, but Swearingen chalked it up to a break-in, and later filed a police report saying his home had been burgled while he was gone. Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2019 It was later revealed to belong to a MPD officer whose home was burgled in May this year. Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al, 14 Aug. 2019 More recently came the Bling Ring, eight well-off young adults from Southern California who burgled jewels from the homes of a handful of young celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Megan Fox. Eric Konigsberg, Town & Country, 12 Apr. 2018 Russia has more than twice the number of intentional homicides than the US, but Americans are over five times more likely to be burgled and over 14 times more likely to be assaulted, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018 West Brom winger James McClean has caused a stir on social media by lambasting a Twitter troll who revelled in the fact that he was recently burgled. SI.com, 7 Jan. 2018 He is also charged with burgling Woods' apartment two weeks earlier, court records show. Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 5 Jan. 2018 He was charged under the Espionage Act and faced 115 years imprisonment, but the case ended in a mistrial because the government illegally gathered evidence (by, among other tactics, burgling his psychiatrist’s office). Sam Roberts, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2017 See More Word History Etymology back-formation from burglar First Known Use 1867, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Legal Definition burgle transitive verb bur·​gle ˈbər-gəl  burgled; burgling : burglarize burgling verb present participle of burgle 1 as in robbing to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance robbing invading burglarizing trespassing looting sacking plundering breaking in pillaging marauding ransacking ravaging rifling sticking up despoiling devastating holding up ripping off 2 as in burglarizing to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled Synonyms & Similar Words robbing burglarizing looting sacking ransacking knocking over plundering ripping off pillaging stripping cheating defrauding knocking off swindling taking off rifling despoiling stealing (from) exploiting fleecing mulcting mugging spoiling plucking chiseling hustling ravishing chiselling shortchanging cozening rooking sticking bleeding skinning squeezing stinging breaking in sticking up rolling holding up
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