"cat-burgle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cat-burgles [present, singular, third-person], cat-burgling [participle, present], cat-burgled [participle, past], cat-burgled [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from cat burglar. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|cat burglar}} Back-formation from cat burglar Head templates: {{en-verb}} cat-burgle (third-person singular simple present cat-burgles, present participle cat-burgling, simple past and past participle cat-burgled)
  1. (rare) Synonym of cat-burglar (“burglarize like a cat burglar”) Tags: rare Synonyms: cat-burglar [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cat-burgle-en-verb-cVPdJMQ~ Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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