burgleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbɜː.ɡəl/us/ˈbɝː.ɡəl/mainly UK US usually burglarize, us/ˈbɝː.ɡlər.aɪz/ukB2 to enter a building illegally and steal things:
When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.
More examples
- On their return they discovered that their house had been burgled.
- After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance.
- Hearing strange noises downstairs, the old lady thought she was being burgled.
- He went out burgling nearly every night to support his drugs habit.
- The place was in such a mess that I thought we'd been burgled.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- make off with sth
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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