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Stolen vs Burgled - What's the difference?

stolen | burgled |

As verbs the difference between stolen and burgled

is that stolen is while burgled is (burgle).

As an adjective stolen

is that has been stolen.

stolen

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • That has been stolen.
  • burgled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (burgle)
  • Anagrams

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    burgle

    English

    Verb

    (burgl)
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) to commit burglary.
  • :* {{quote-book
  • , 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.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * (chiefly North America) burglarize

    See also

    * rob * steal * thieve * purloin

    Anagrams

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