burgle

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(bûr'gəl) pronunciation
tr. & intr.v., -gled, -gling, -gles.
To burglarize.

[Back-formation from BURGLAR.]


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Burgle is a British English back-formation from burglar; burglarize, although the regular word in American English, is treated with the same disapproval on this side of the Atlantic as burgle once was.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - begå indbrud i
v. intr. - begå indbrud

Nederlands (Dutch)
inbreken

Français (French)
v. tr. - cambrioler, dévaliser
v. intr. - cambrioler

Deutsch (German)
v. - einbrechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω διάρρηξη σε, παραβιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
scassinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arrombar, roubar

Русский (Russian)
грабить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - robar con allanamiento de morada, robar con escalo
v. intr. - robar con allanamiento de morada, robar con escalo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra (föröva) inbrott

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
偷窃

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 偷竊
v. intr. - 偷竊

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 도둑질하러 들어가다
v. intr. - 도둑질 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - どろぼうに入る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسطو أو يسرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חטף, גנב‬
v. intr. - ‮פרץ‬


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