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# burgle

verb (burgle, burgles, burgled, burgling)

«burgle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(mainly UK, Australia) To burgle a building or a person is to break into their home or building and steal things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#m1)

### In the lessons

In news and safety talk «we were burgled» means thieves broke into the house. Americans more often say «burglarize». In stories a character's house is burgled and a detective investigates.

### Examples

- Our neighbours were burgled while on holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x1)
- The shop was burgled twice this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x2)
- Lock your windows so the house doesn't get burgled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x3)
- Someone tried to burgle the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x4)
- The thief was caught after burgling five houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x5)
- In the story, the cat foiled a plan to burgle the bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/#x6)

### Note

Mainly British and Australian; American English uses «burglarize». The person is a «burglar», the crime is «burglary». You burgle a place or a person, you steal a thing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «burgle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burgle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«burgle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/burgle.html) on Mova free.