Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

burgle

[bur-guhl] / ˈbɜr gəl /


VERB
burglarize
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

They could bug, burgle and listen to "subjects of interest", to use the jargon.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2025

“You make it as hard as possible for burglars in hopes that they look for some other house to burgle, but it’s impossible to ever completely secure your house.”

From Washington Post Apr. 9, 2019

William "Bill" Lincoln, 60, denies being part of the conspiracy to burgle the safety desposit, in central London.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2015

Ford’s conversion took England to within five points and they had two minutes to burgle a victory.

From The Guardian Aug. 22, 2015

No, let the brutal burglar burgle; Whilst sentiment will calmly gurgle Bland platitudes, but not attack That sacred thing, the burglar's back!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 by Various

They speak a language that burgles and rains from their mouths like water through a pipe.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Every burglar who burgles in really humorous attitudes will burgle as much as he likes.

From All Things Considered by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Here in America, when a man burgles your residence, you go and confide in a detective, who keeps your secret and gets another detective to help him.

From Remarks by Bill Nye

Kelce's home was burgled on 7 October 2024 when he was away playing a game with the Kansas City Chiefs.

From BBC May 25, 2026

But while Naden left in his wake a string of burgled properties and makeshift camps – including at a zoo – there was no trace of Freeman.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

Security company GardaWorld, whose Sylmar facility was burgled on Easter, has become a major player in cash logistics, an opaque — and growing — field.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2024

The burgled facility, hemmed in on one side by the active train tracks, is owned by World Oil Corp.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2024

Before me, Lelia had come off a string of men who made her feel steadily sorry and confused and burgled.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

The burgling of the psychiatrist’s office has been misunderstood in many accounts of Ellsberg’s life.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2023

Co-defendant O'Shay Swan, 42, from Winson Green Road, Birmingham, denies burgling Mr Varlow's property between 10 and 13 November and committing fraud in relation to the use of a bank card on 12 November.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2022

But, she says, “I’m not using my garden and the wood beyond my cottage as a sort of green Tesco, burgling myself some green serotonin and dopamine. It’s much more of a two-way relationship.”

From The Guardian Mar. 14, 2020

She is charged with burgling the home of Emily Cox, a researcher with whom Mr Hemming fathered a child in 2005.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2011

But I don't cotton to it myself," he added quickly, "not the burgling, I don't.

From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar




Vocabulary lists containing burgle


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training