burglar
/ˈbɝɡlɚ/ verb C2- To commit burglary.
He/she/it burglars · Past burglared · Past participle burglared · -ing form burglaring
Verb forms
- Base form
- burglar
- He/she/it
- burglars
- Past
- burglared
- Past participle
- burglared
- -ing form
- burglaring
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He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private grudge against Mr.
“The man is not a burglar, supposing that he ever existed.
The plans, which are exceedingly intricate, comprising some thirty separate patents, each essential to the working of the whole, are kept in an elaborate safe in a confidential office adjoining the arsenal, with burglar-proof doors and windows.
When Marilla went out that evening to bring the cows from the back pasture, Matthew, who had been hanging about the barns and watching, slipped into the house with the air of a burglar and crept upstairs.
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