History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
burgle

to break into a building and commit burglary

ransack

invade

to enter (a country) with armed forces in order to attack

attack and encroach

purloin

to steal (something)

steal

rifle

a kind of gun with a long barrel, (to be) fired from the shoulder; to search (something) thoroughly in order to steal

ransack

rob

to take property from a person or place unlawfully

steal, deprive

steal

to take (a person's property) secretly and without right

take something without permission

stick-up

to use guns etc to steal from a person, bank etc

steal goods

BURGLARIZE as in Wiktionary
BURGLARIZE as in Wikipedia