"burgle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɜːɡl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɝɡl̩/ [General-American] Audio: EN-AU ck1 burgle.ogg [Australia] Forms: burgles [present, singular, third-person], burgling [participle, present], burgled [participle, past], burgled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəl Etymology: Back-formation from burglar (1867) Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|burglar}} Back-formation from burglar Head templates: {{en-verb}} burgle (third-person singular simple present burgles, present participle burgling, simple past and past participle burgled)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To commit burglary. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: burglarize Translations (to commit burglary): cambrioler (French), roubar (Galician), einbrechen (German), διαρρηγνύω (diarrignýo) (Greek), hurtar (Spanish), robar (Spanish), ยกเค้า (Thai), ปล้น (bplôn) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-burgle-en-verb-TNljr2u~ Disambiguation of Crime: 91 9 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English back-formations: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'to commit burglary': 98 2
  2. (UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-burgle-en-verb-55lwggh0 Categories (other): British English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: burglar, burglary, cat-burgle, breaking and entering, rob, steal, thieve, purloin

Inflected forms

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