In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight

The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle."

The language grows apace. A "cablegram" has been received, and $400 have been "burgled."

Burgled his safe and bolted with the tin.

[S]he went and burgled three pears out of the dish ...

Conceive the Great Lexicographer admitting to his Dictionary such excrescencies as: "Burgle, verb active, To break into a dwelling-house,"

Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. ... The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle.

When an American says, "I've been burgled" -- where an Englishman would say, "My house has been broken into by thieves" -- he succeeds in shortening the statement by more than half ...

Well, I hope to goodness the house won’t be burgled during the night.

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.

Foden did his job admirably. The fact that both City goals came from burgling possession in the final third indicated how successfully City managed collectively to disrupt Real’s buildup play.

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