burgle
verb [ T ] mainly UK uk/ˈbɜː.ɡəl/ us/ˈbɝː.ɡəl/ (US usually burglarize, uk/ˈbɜː.ɡlər.aɪz/ us/ˈbɝː.ɡlə.raɪz/)
B2 入室盗窃
to enter a building illegally and steal things
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。
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- On their return they discovered that their house had been burgled.
- After her house was burgled, she made a claim on her insurance.
- 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.