burgle

[bur-guhl]

Origin

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), bur·gled, bur·gling.

to burglarize.

Origin:
1870–75; back formation from burglar

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burgle (ˈbɜːɡ^əl)

—vb
	to commit burglary upon (a house, etc)

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Word Origin & History

burgle

1872, verbal back formation from burglar (q.v.). Pp. burgled is attested from 1880.

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