Burglary
['bɜːglərɪ] or ['bɝɡləri]
Definition
(noun.) entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. House-breaking (at night).
Editor: Omar
Examples
- To get at this, I endeavored first of all to solve the reason of the original burglary at Mr. Acton's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But then, when the man commits burglary in order to break images which are not his own, that brings it away from the doctor and on to the policeman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mentally, I have now committed a burglary under the meanest circumstances, and the myrmidons of justice are at my heels. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The expedition sent to Jerusalem to seize it got into trouble and could not accomplish the burglary, and so the centre of the mausoleum is vacant now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Burglary or pocket-picking wanted 'prenticeship. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was accompanied by a little elderly gentleman, who was introduced to me as the Mr. Acton whose house had been the scene of the original burglary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I suppose he wants to find out some clue as to the burglary last night, if a burglar it was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But if those two fellows were to commit a burglary to-morrow, my opinion of this action would be equally high. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His talk about a burglary was the merest blind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Three burglaries, two forgeries, and a midnight assassination. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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