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What is the verb for burglar?

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burgle
  1. (chiefly Australia, Britain, New Zealand) to commit burglary.
  2. (Britain, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “An elderly woman foiled an attempt by con men to burgle her home after she became suspicious and screamed and shouted at them until they left.”
      “A woman today told of her terror as she fought with an intruder trying to burgle her home at night.”
      “What a wonderful opportunity to send your local plod to a fictitious crime in Walnut Grove while you burgle a house in Acacia Avenue.”
burglarise
  1. Alternative spelling of burglarize
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burglarize
  1. (transitive) To commit burglary.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They then proceeded to burglarize the adjacent apartment, carrying their spoils back through the wall.”
      “The scoundrels would burglarize many valuable items from the museum.”
      “Criminals seldom travel far to find homes to burglarize, and violent crimes tend to be committed against friends and family members.”
burglarises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burglarise
burglarizes
burgles
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burgle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Every burglar who burgles in really humorous attitudes will burgle as much as he likes.”
      “They dont have bobbies for burgles in these sort of places, only for rows.”
burglarized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Did you know that many of the homes that have been burglarized didn't have their security systems turned on?”
      “She also said important documents related to her allegations were stolen after her house was burglarized.”
      “Nearly half say they or an immediate family member have had their home broken into or burglarized.”
burglarised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burgled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of burgle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “According to Delhi wisdom, this is where locals come to recover the bric-a-brac recently burgled from their houses.”
      “It is like making someone who has had their house burgled pay to keep the burglar in jail!”
      “This morning it appears that the sheds at the bottom of the gardens in this street have been burgled in the night.”
burglarising
  1. (Britain) present participle of burglarise
burglarizing
burgling
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