burglary

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Pronunciation

/ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ (UK)

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/ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ (UK) · /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ (US)

Definition of burglary

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

“Essentially, Jarden makes anything that you’d find left behind after a burglary.”
“It’s hard to say whether Corona was actually playing pickleball or was just nowhere near Slowjamastan at the time of the burglary and thinks it’s funny to say he was playing pickleball.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

“Essentially, Jarden makes anything that you’d find left behind after a burglary.”
“It’s hard to say whether Corona was actually playing pickleball or was just nowhere near Slowjamastan at the time of the burglary and thinks it’s funny to say he was playing pickleball.”
(countable, uncountable)The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
(US, countable, uncountable)The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

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