burgle
gb/bˈɚɡəl/ us/bˈɚɡəl/
C1
Engleză
betör, betörést követ el
VERB
C1
1
betör
B1
Tipar de utilizare:
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
A man tried to burgle the house.
Egy férfi megpróbált betörni a házba.
Our flat was burgled last night.
Tegnap éjjel betörtek a lakásunkba.
Greșeală frecventă:
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
Colocații
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
Sinonime
break into (More general; does not always imply stealing.)
|
burglarize (Common US equivalent; less common in UK English.)
Antonime
secure (Opposite idea: make a place safe against break-ins.)
|
protect (Opposite idea: keep a place safe from crime.)
Teme
crime
|law
|home
Definiție
to go into a building illegally to steal
To enter a building illegally, usually by force, in order to steal things from it.
VERB
C1
2
Tipar de utilizare:
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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
They were caught burgling at night.
Éjszaka betörés közben kapták el őket.
Greșeală frecventă:
It is more common to say what was burgled (e.g., a house). This intransitive use is less frequent.
Sens
Commit burglary
Colocații
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
Sinonime
steal (Much broader; not specifically entering a building.)
Antonime
obey the law (Opposite behavior in general.)
Teme
crime
|law
Definiție
to do burglary
To commit burglary as an activity, without stating the specific building that was entered.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
burgle
IPA
GB/bˈɚɡəl/
US/bˈɚɡəl/
Silabe și accent
burgle (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (burgle)
Forme ale cuvântului
Verb
- Base: burgle
- 3rd Person Singular: burgles
- Present Participle: burgling
- Past: burgled
Familie de cuvinte
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