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Definition of "burgle" [burgle]
- To burglarize. (verb-transitive)
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Use "burgle" in a sentence
- "May 20, 2008 at 4:10 pm big bonus for using the word burgle….w00t"
- "Well, he must manage it, "burgle" his own house, if necessary."
- "He was wont to "burgle" the houses of the gentry round, and his favourite method of proceeding was to get on the roof and descend the chimneys, which in those days were wide."
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