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  • verb Present participle of burgle.

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Examples

  • Police accused of trespass after 'burgling' 50 homes to show owners how insecure they are

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Police accused of trespass after 'burgling' 50 homes ... to show owners how insecure they are

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Police accused of trespass after 'burgling' 50 homes to show owners how insecure they are

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • The police officer actually acted stupidly by arresting somebody he suspected to be burgling his own home for disorderly conduct.

    Obama speaks with Gates' arresting officer 2009

  • It does not matter whether the suspect is a black, white or red man, the most important point here is that a man was being suspected for burgling his own house, his yelling could have made an intelligent officer to suspect that something must be wrong with the whole situation.

    Police group: Obama should apologize 2009

  • With unpacking everything, especially after the Czarina and I do a show, it's because one of my deepest fears is having someone figure "Hey, this is easy money" and either burgling the car or just taking the car and everything in it.

    Bad news from the Crüxshadows greygirlbeast 2010

  • The police officer actually acted stupidly by arresting somebody he suspected to be burgling his own home for disorderly conduct.

    Police group: Obama should apologize 2009

  • It does not matter whether the suspect is a black, white or red man, the most important point here is that a man was being suspected for burgling his own house, his yelling could have made an intelligent officer to suspect that something must be wrong with the whole situation. stevegee

    Obama speaks with Gates' arresting officer 2009

  • The police officer actually acted stupidly by arresting somebody he suspected to be burgling his own home for disorderly conduct.

    Police group: Obama should apologize 2009

  • It does not matter whether the suspect is a black, white or red man, the most important point here is that a man was being suspected for burgling his own house, his yelling could have made an intelligent officer to suspect that something must be wrong with the whole situation.

    Police group: Obama should apologize 2009

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