burglary
the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.
Origin of burglary
1Other words from burglary
- an·ti·bur·gla·ry, adjective
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How to use burglary in a sentence
After the death of Tess’s grandmother, the mother and daughter rummage through grandma’s belongings, finding hints of “deep-rooted family secrets” about burglaries and lost treasure near the Canadian border.
The making of ‘Open Roads,’ a game about mothers, daughters and road trips | Elise Favis | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThen 29, she began a 20-year sentence for burglary and car theft as part of a crime ring that stashed hundreds of stolen items in a suburban Colorado storage unit.
On surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic | Sarah Scoles | January 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe girl speaks about her grandmother and a mysterious past, explaining that she’s found secrets about her grandma, like the mention of a burglary ring and “some sort of lost fortune.”
‘The Last of Us Part II’ wins game of the year at The Game Awards, alongside new ‘Mass Effect’ and ‘Among Us’ reveals | Elise Favis, Gene Park, Mikhail Klimentov | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostHe was released from prison three months ago — he served 20 years for armed burglary — then met Winestock.
‘It’s going to take a village’: Community group prepares to deliver 3,000 meals before Thanksgiving | Lauren Lumpkin | November 22, 2020 | Washington PostIn statistical models that did identify a significant relationship between undocumented immigration and crime, we found undocumented immigration reduces property crimes, such as burglary.
Undocumented Immigrants May Actually Make American Communities Safer – Not More Dangerous – New Study Finds | LGBTQ-Editor | October 27, 2020 | No Straight News
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 Boss | J. North Conway | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIdentified only as Darius, the teen has been arrested for burglary several times in recent weeks.
France Decries Attack That Left Roma Teen in a Coma | Lizzie Crocker | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe trip was bankrolled by low-level Miami gangster Raul Pacheco, himself already on probation for attempted armed burglary.
MLB’s Next Headache: Cartels, Gangsters, and Their Cuban Superstars | Peter C. Bjarkman | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey 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 Building | Michael Daly | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTburglary, 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 Today | Betty Medsger | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs he was relating an account of a desperate burglary, I asked him what he would have done if the man of the house had awakened.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumThere was a burglary at Countess Saens' house, and the thief took nothing but papers.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteShe left here in a violent hurry on her maid coming to say that there had been a burglary at her house.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteHe wisely concluded that it is not sufficient to commit a successful burglary, if you are afterwards found out.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsEven burglary becomes a bore when you have to wait too long idle out in the cold.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for burglary
/ (ˈbɜːɡlərɪ) /
English criminal law the crime of either entering a building as a trespasser with the intention of committing theft, rape, grievous bodily harm, or damage, or, having entered as a trespasser, of committing one or more of these offences
Derived forms of burglary
- burglarious (bɜːˈɡlɛərɪəs), adjective
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