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verb · intransitive · rare

cat-burgle

cat-burgle · cat-burgles · cat-burgled · cat-burgling

Synonym of cat-burglarSynonym of cat-burglar (“to burglarize like a cat burglar”).

Meaning

1 senses

(rare)Synonym of cat-burglar (“to burglarize like a cat burglar”).

Origin

Back-formation from cat burglar.

Back-formation from cat burglar.

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Forms

cat-burgles, cat-burgling, cat-burgled, cat-burgled

Base form	cat-burgle · to cat-burgle
3rd person singular	cat-burgles
Present participle	cat-burgling
Past simple	cat-burgled
Past participle	cat-burgled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cat-burgle
he, she, it	cat-burgles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

cat-burgled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have cat-burgled
he, she, it	has cat-burgled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cat-burgle

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

casualty catA1 cataclysm catacomb catalogueB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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