burgle
gb/bˈɚɡəl/ us/bˈɚɡəl/
C1
Anglais
betör, betörést követ el
VERBE
C1
1
betör
B1
Schéma d’usage :
burgle [a house/flat/shop/office]
Someone burgled our house while we were on holiday.
Valaki betört a házunkba, amíg nyaralni voltunk.
Two teenagers were arrested for burgling a local shop.
Két tinédzsert letartóztattak azért, mert betörtek egy helyi boltba.
The office was burgled overnight and several laptops were taken.
Exemples pédagogiques
A man tried to burgle the house.
Egy férfi megpróbált betörni a házba.
Our flat was burgled last night.
Tegnap éjjel betörtek a lakásunkba.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners often confuse burgle with rob: you burgle a building (house/shop), but you rob a person or a bank (take by threat/force).
Sens
Break into a building to steal
Collocations
burgle a house
|burgle a home
|burgle a flat
|burgle an apartment
|burgle a shop
|burgle a store
|burgle an office
|burgle a bank
|attempt to burgle
|be burgled
Synonymes
break into (More general; does not always imply stealing.)
|
burglarize (Common US equivalent; less common in UK English.)
Antonymes
secure (Opposite idea: make a place safe against break-ins.)
|
protect (Opposite idea: keep a place safe from crime.)
Thèmes
crime
|law
|home
Définition
to go into a building illegally to steal
To enter a building illegally, usually by force, in order to steal things from it.
VERBE
C1
2
Schéma d’usage :
burgle (in/around [a place])
The police believe the same group has been burgling in the area for months.
A rendőrség szerint ugyanaz a banda hónapok óta betöréseket követ el a környéken.
He admitted that he used to burgle to pay off his debts.
Beismerte, hogy régebben betöréseket követett el, hogy kifizesse az adósságait.
Exemples pédagogiques
They were caught burgling at night.
Éjszaka betörés közben kapták el őket.
Erreur fréquente :
It is more common to say what was burgled (e.g., a house). This intransitive use is less frequent.
Sens
Commit burglary
Collocations
burgle in the area
|burgle locally
|burgle regularly
|go out burgling
|a gang that burgles
|burgle at night
|burgle for cash
|burgle to fund a habit
Synonymes
steal (Much broader; not specifically entering a building.)
Antonymes
obey the law (Opposite behavior in general.)
Thèmes
crime
|law
Définition
to do burglary
To commit burglary as an activity, without stating the specific building that was entered.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
burgle
API
GB/bˈɚɡəl/
US/bˈɚɡəl/
Syllabes et accentuation
burgle (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (burgle)
Formes du mot
Verb
- Base: burgle
- 3rd Person Singular: burgles
- Present Participle: burgling
- Past: burgled
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Expressions
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