burglary
noun, plural bur·gla·ries. Criminal Law.
Origin of burglary
Related Words for burglary
robbery, heist, crime, larceny, theft, break-in, caper, thieving, prowl, sting, pilferage, housebreakingExamples from the Web for burglary
Contemporary Examples of burglary
The more accomplished students took classes in safe-cracking, burglary, blackmail, and confidence games.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob BossJ. North Conway
September 7, 2014
Identified only as Darius, the teen has been arrested for burglary several times in recent weeks.
They were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on charges of burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a structure.
Hero or Criminal? James Brady, the WTC Ironworker Who Jumped Off the BuildingMichael Daly
March 25, 2014
Burglary, something he hated, seemed to be the only way to find evidence.
The Domestic Spying of Hoover’s FBI Is an Eerie Prequel to the NSA’s Snooping TodayBetty Medsger
March 23, 2014
It looked like Greg was trying to stop a burglary, and was killed in the ensuing confrontation.
Historical Examples of burglary
I should think he was a man that would be, from the way he behaved about the burglary.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
It's burglary on the high seas, and I'll go fifty miles to see him hanged.'
The Pirate and The Three CuttersFrederick Marryat
I am convinced that I was wrong when I made the charge of burglary against him.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School DetectiveEllis Parker Butler
But it is usually used when it is not intended that the burglary ever be discussed.
There can be no doubt but that the burglary is the work of professional cracksmen.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)