burglary
burglary
Definition
bur·glary (bʉr′glə rē)
burglary
Synonyms
burglary
Law Definition
n
The common-law offense of forcibly entering a dwelling at night to commit a
felony therein.
v
burglary
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- aggravate: In the offense of aggravated burglary, the words will normally mean " carrying " .
- shoplift: This group of criminally involved problem users commits very large amounts of shoplifting, burglary and other crime to finance drug purchases.
- bungle: Both witness to a bungled burglary, they are unknowingly being hunted by a hit man.
- commit: I have evidence of his committing burglary, signed by a most eminent English curate.
- investigate: Should Barry Greenwood have been arrested while investigating a burglary?
Preposition: in
- dwelling: Recorded vehicle crime fell by 30 per cent, and burglary in dwellings fell by 24 per cent between 1990 and 2003-4.
Adjective modifier
- attempted: Term 18. requires the tenant to inform the landlord ' immediately ' of any outbreak of fire, burglary or attempted burglary.
- domestic: The target by the end of Year 5 is to reduce domestic burglary by 10 % from 2003/04.
- non-residential: A study in Merseyside found that 21.4 % of all non-residential burglaries were repeats a much higher level than for residential addresses.
- non-domestic: Non-Domestic Burglary The number of recorded Non-domestic burglaries have fallen by 31 % over the last three years.
- suspected: If this is a suspected burglary then call 999 ).
- residential: The recent increase in residential burglary is from a 20-year low, for the year April 2000 to March 2001.
Modifies a noun
- dwelling: Percentage of public satisfied with police initial response to a report of burglary dwelling.
- hotspot: By 2007 we will have installed digital door entry systems in all flatted estates and have concierge units in burglary hotspots.
- victim: High Praise For Quick Response The speedy response by NYP to a 999 call has been praised by a burglary victim.
- offense: Police from Forest & Gloucester Division arrested two burglars during July who between them had committed 19 non dwelling burglary offenses.
Noun used with modifier
- distraction: We also watched a video about bogus callers or distraction burglary.
- sneak-in: He discusses the problem of the sneak-in thief and how big an issue sneak-in burglaries are in our area.
- artifice: Artifice burglaries - whereby the elderly are targeted by ' tricksters ' - are now starting to reoccur locally.
- dwelling: Then I got a 21 month prison sentence for a dwelling house burglary which I'd done to get money to buy heroin.
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