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burglary
/ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/
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What does burglary mean?
noun
- The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
- Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
- Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/
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See this word in context.
Marie by this time was implicating herself in a burglary with this relative, and some other curious incidents were given.
In the confession he described how, some days before the burglary, he had, according to his custom, "spotted" the house at Whalley Range.
More book examples (3)
G. A., 72, spent 23 years in gaol, last sentence two years for burglary; was a drunkard, gambler, and swearer.
A gnawing rat, a window accidentally left open through the night, and some misplaced, not instantaneously discovered object, are the ingredients of a burglary.
A man can be prevented from breaking into other persons' houses by shutting him up, but shutting him up may not alter his disposition to commit burglary.