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词汇 burgle
释义 burgle
verb[ T ]
mainly UKuk /ˈbɜː.ɡəl/ us /ˈbɝː.ɡəl/(US usuallyburglarize, uk /ˈbɜː.ɡlər.aɪz/ us /ˈbɝː.ɡlə.raɪz/)
B2
to enter a building illegally and steal things: 入室盗窃
When they got back from their holiday they found that their home had been burgled.他们度假回来时发现家中被盗了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to steal something
stealI caught him trying to steal my bike.
takeSomeone took their car from outside the house.
shopliftHe was caught shoplifting by a security guard.
robHe robbed a bank.
burgleUKWhen she got home from work, she discovered that her house had been burgled.
pilferEmployees pilfering paper, pens, etc. can cost employers a lot.
On their return they discovered that their house had been burgled.
After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance.她家被盗后,她要求按保单赔付。
Hearing strange noises downstairs, the old lady thought she was being burgled.
He went out burgling nearly every night to support his drugs habit.
The place was in such a mess that I thought we'd been burgled.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stealing
abscond
abscond with someone/something
aggravated burglary
anti-burglar
anti-burglary
eavesdrop
housebreaking
jemmy
jimmy
job
joyride
plunder
poach
poaching
porch piracy
purloin
rustle
rustling
snaffle
snitch

Examples of burgle


burgle
As several of the witnesses stated, he had burgled another man's house, although no witness revealed to the court which man's house it was.
Your house was burgled yesterday.
It transpired that there were only two little boys asleep: all the others had broken out and were burgling.
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I speak from the experience of having been burgled no fewer than five times, but the police apprehended the villain in only one case.
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I have heard stories about people who have been burgled for whom the burglary has been an experience of extreme anxiety and fright.
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They have come back and kicked doors down, burgled homes, driven cars away, stolen car radios and so on.
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All of us who have suffered burglaries know of the horror of being burgled.
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She was afraid of a burglary, because she was going on holiday and had already been burgled once.
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As a consequence, they can burgle people mistakenly and, in pursuit of such burglaries, possibly injure or harm people to cover up their operations.
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I live in a large block of flats where it is easy to get burgled.
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The good, honest local criminal burgled only the next street.
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My constituents have had their house burgled and their children spat on.
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I have not been burgled since the park was built.
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If a house is burgled, the public expect the people involved to be caught and punished.
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If one is poor and burgled it is much worse than if one is wealthy and insured.
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