Bugle, Burgle, Bugler, Burglar

Shigly Basya burgled for three decades: he started burgling at the age of 16, and his first robbery was a bicycle. He had been in and out of the police custody until he had enough of it.

From Gadag district, he particularly targeted the houses of government officials, and never stole or robbed the poor.

The burglar reformed by taking up itinerant jobs, and started his journey to apologize to those members whose houses he burgled.

However, he is facing trial for burgling 261 houses. He attributed his professional burgling to poverty and illiteracy.

Burglar is a thief whose intention is to steal things that belong to others; a thief, stealer.

Burgle means to commit a burglary, to enter someone’s house or dwelling and take away things; steal, rip off.

Burgle is a verb, and its derivatives are burgles, burgled, burgling; burglarize or burglarise; and burglary (noun).

Burglary is the unlawful entry of someone (burglar, criminal)into a house to commit crime.

The obsolete alternative spelling of burglar is burglarer.

Burglar alarm is the alarm or loud warning signal.

People who keep gold and cash in their homes usually have burglarproof houses: to protect themselves from being burgled.

Bugle is a musical instrument.

Bugle is a brass instrument without valves used at fanfares, celebrations on a grand scale, and also in military units (sound the bugle to summon the soldiers).

Bugle is a herb [Americans ‘an erb’ and British say ‘a herb’ – British pronounce ‘h’ in herb but use the article ‘an’ before a vowel sound (silent ‘h’, too) and ‘a’ before a consonant sound (pronounced, or aspirated ‘h’)] native to Eurasia.

Bugleweed is grown to cover the ground. Bugles are sewn into clothing for ornamentation. Bugles are a tubular glass, or plastic beads, sewn into garments as decoration.

Bugled is an adjective: bugled garment.

Bugled garment is the one ornamented with bugles.

Bugle functions as a verb (play the bugle), and adjective (jet-black).

Bugler is the person who plays the bugle.

Buglers can turn burglars and vice versa.

Bugle call is the signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle to assembly, to indicate that something is about to begin.

“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.” –Sylvester Stallone

In the army (military) bugle calls announce scheduled and non-scheduled events in military installations.

The commander of an army unit can give a bugle call.

Bugle call is a short tune in the battlefield.

In reference to computers, buglet is a minor bug in a program.

By: Kovuuri G Reddy

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