Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to burgle
Participle: burgled
Gerund: burgling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | burgle |
| you | burgle |
| he;she;it | burgles |
| we | burgle |
| you | burgle |
| they | burgle |
Perfect
| I | have burgled |
| you | have burgled |
| he;she;it | has burgled |
| we | have burgled |
| you | have burgled |
| they | have burgled |
Past
| I | burgled |
| you | burgled |
| he;she;it | burgled |
| we | burgled |
| you | burgled |
| they | burgled |
Pluperfect
| I | had burgled |
| you | had burgled |
| he;she;it | had burgled |
| we | had burgled |
| you | had burgled |
| they | had burgled |
Future
| I | will burgle |
| you | will burgle |
| he;she;it | will burgle |
| we | will burgle |
| you | will burgle |
| they | will burgle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have burgled |
| you | will have burgled |
| he;she;it | will have burgled |
| we | will have burgled |
| you | will have burgled |
| they | will have burgled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | burgle |
| you | burgle |
| he;she;it | burgle |
| we | burgle |
| you | burgle |
| they | burgle |
Perfect
| I | have burgled |
| you | have burgled |
| he;she;it | have burgled |
| we | have burgled |
| you | have burgled |
| they | have burgled |
Imperfect
| I | burgled |
| you | burgled |
| he;she;it | burgled |
| we | burgled |
| you | burgled |
| they | burgled |
Pluperfect
| I | had burgled |
| you | had burgled |
| he;she;it | had burgled |
| we | had burgled |
| you | had burgled |
| they | had burgled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would burgle |
| you | would burgle |
| he;she;it | would burgle |
| we | would burgle |
| you | would burgle |
| they | would burgle |
Perfect
| I | would have burgled |
| you | would have burgled |
| he;she;it | would have burgled |
| we | would have burgled |
| you | would have burgled |
| they | would have burgled |
Imperative
| you | burgle |
| we | Let's burgle |
| you | burgle |
Verbs conjugated like 'burgle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'burgle'
bugle,
bungle,
burble,
gurgle,
augle,
bangle,
barge,
beagle,
bingle,
birle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from burglar (1867).
Sample Sentences
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In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight [1867 March 14, “This and That”, in Delaware Tribune, Wilmington, DE, page 1:]
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The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle." [1867 August 24, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, page 8:]
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The language grows apace. A "cablegram" has been received, and $400 have been "burgled." [1868 February 13, Louisville Daily Courier, Louisvile, KY, page 4:]
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Burgled his safe and bolted with the tin. [1868, John Brougham, Much Ado About a Merchant of Venice, New York: Samuel French, page 13:]
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[S]he went and burgled three pears out of the dish ... [1869, Joanna H. Mathews, Bessie at School, London: James Nisbet & Co., page 183:]
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Conceive the Great Lexicographer admitting to his Dictionary such excrescencies as: "Burgle, verb active, To break into a dwelling-house," [1870 February 5, “American Slangography”, in Punch, London, page 44:]
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Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. ... The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle. [1872, M. Schele De Vere, Americanisms: The English of the New World, New York: Charles Scribner, page 587:]
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When an American says, "I've been burgled" -- where an Englishman would say, "My house has been broken into by thieves" -- he succeeds in shortening the statement by more than half ... [1873 April 21, Albert Julius Mott, “Inaugural Address”, in Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, volume xxvii, London: Longman, Greens, Reader & Dyer, page 30:]
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Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night. [1892, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Beryl Coronet”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2011:]
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And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch. [2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:]
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I'm surprised you have anything left to curate, Mr Bradford. Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly. Why don't you hang up a notice saying 'Please Burgle Me'? [2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders:]
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Foden did his job admirably. The fact that both City goals came from burgling possession in the final third indicated how successfully City managed collectively to disrupt Real’s buildup play. [2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:]