Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of entering another's premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft.
- noun An instance of this.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or crime of nocturnal house breaking, with an intent to commit a felony therein, whether such felony be actually committed or not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
crime of unlawfullybreaking into avehicle ,house ,store , or other enclosure with theintent tosteal . - noun law Under the
common law ,breaking and entering of thedwelling of anotherat night with the intent tocommit afelony . - noun law, US Under the Model Penal Code, entering a
building oroccupied structure withpurpose to commit acrime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
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Examples
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I should like to hear you explain how burglary is collecting what is coming to you.
To Kill a Man 2010
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The sheet was taken in an October 2008 burglary from the offices of dealer Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, California, and is the only item recovered so far.
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They are designed to display vehicles without insurance, MOT, are used by disqual drivers or used in burglary – for example …
Through The Looking Glass « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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For example, if burglary is necessary to save life, it deserves warrant, but if considered only to ascertain the truth of a wagered outcome, one may do nought but persuade its possessor to divulge.
I, Pirate … 2009
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Will he demand that the burglary is crimed so that he can make an insurance claim or will he for the greater good ignore the matter and hence get his bonus but not the insurance pay out.
See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Yet there were 18,600 offences concealed in burglary and robbery. 1000′s of car damage offences are switched to simple damage and often not crimed if even reported.
ACPO blames front-line cops for doing their job SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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I suppose the answer to the burglary is three fold then; one, actually punish criminals, especially repeat offenders; two, return the power to Police Officers to say “go away and grow up you silly s*d” to people who demand police action over trivia; three, dump 90% of the paperwork and those put those processing it and similar on the front line? on April 16, 2010 at 6: 48 am frontrowhero
Leaders TV Debate – Law & Order Summary SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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First plain burglary and now Turd Burglary at the Watergate.
Think Progress » Early Media Coverage of Goss’s Resignation Dances Around Cunningham Scandal 2006
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Ironically, the recent fall in burglary may have something to do with the flood of cheap imports from the East, making stolen goods hard to sell for a worthwhile price.
The Magistrate And Crime Figures Laban 2005
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Ironically, the recent fall in burglary may have something to do with the flood of cheap imports from the East, making stolen goods hard to sell for a worthwhile price.
Archive 2005-05-01 Laban 2005
milosrdenstvi commented on the word burglary
Confused by the Attorney for the Defense with bigamy in Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Trial by Jury'.
August 20, 2008