burglary
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- noun
- /ˈbɜrɡləri/
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- The police reported a burglary at the local jewelry store late last night.
- commit a burglary
- burglary and theft
- residential burglary
But the most important thing to notice if you're if you're committing A burglary, you're a burglar.
- But the most important thing to notice if you're if you're committing A burglary, you're a burglar.
- So I'm already serving eight years for burglary.
- And I went to Saint Albans Crown Court for four burglaries.
- He couldn't put it together that these guys were about to pull off a burglary.
- I myself was incarcerated for six months for a burglary that I couldn't have committed because I was in prison.
- So it's, you know, man with a gun, robbery in progress, burglary in progress, shots fired, those kind of jobs.
- His MO was stealing cars, burglaries and armed.
- Also us a nickname for burglary, A burglary.
- Those are the same guys that are doing stick UPS, burglaries, dealing drope dope, using dope.
- So like, I think like the burglary or the street, the mugging rate like halved.
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The first involved the burglary of a European home, which the magistrate tried in his court.
Academic text (2005) -
There was a burglary on Mason Street, about four blocks from here.
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Planning this burglary was a great idea.
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And are all five gentlemen charged with burglary, second degree?
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- A burglary gone wrong?
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One year later, she appears to stage a burglary at her grandparents house.
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In 2011, residents of the neighborhood began to report an increasing number of burglaries to the police.
Academic text (2017) -
Zimmerman believes the subject is involved in recent burglaries in the neighborhood.
Academic text (2017) -
"Well, perhaps one," she sighed, and started telling me about a string of burglaries in the neighborhood.
Fiction book (1997) -
After the recent burglary in their neighborhood, residents are becoming more vigilant.
Synonyms
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3.9
An illegal entry into a building to steal or damage things
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5.6
To illegally enter a building by force to steal things
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An illegal entry into a building to steal things or commit a crime
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Etymology
The word burglary comes from burglar, which comes from burg meaning 'town' or 'fort'. A burglar was someone who broke into a house to steal, so burglary means entering a building illegally to commit a crime.