Verb

(head)

(burgle)

Verb

(burgl)

(chiefly, British, NZ) to commit burglary.

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, year=1892 , year_published=2011 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , title=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , chapter=The Beryl Coronet citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night. }}

(UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.

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, year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.}}