Burglary

What do we mean by burglary?

The act of entering another's premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft. noun

An instance of this. 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. noun

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. noun

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

Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony. noun

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. Model Penal Code § 221.1. noun

Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property noun

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

Words that are spelled similarly to burglary:
burglary, burglar, burglars, bursary, burglarer, bullary, burgard, burgler, burghart, burghard, burlar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word burglary:
housebreaking, larceny, theft, burglar, robbery, arson, aggravated, felony, trespassing, watergate, misdemeanor, forgery, extortion, mischief, probation, vandalism, kidnapping, convictions, parole, stealing, firearm, pleaded, dwelling, offence, commit, offender, intent, stolen, rape, conviction, unlawful, assault, crimes, bail, convicted, confessed, sentence, suspect, imprisonment, charges, murder, plea, guilty, crime, defendant, stole, penal, auto, prison, conspiracy, steal, counts, possession, fraud, acquitted, violent, jail, gang, jewelry, sentences, criminal, cocaine, deadly, arrest, offense, breaking, tools, incidents, nixon, weapon, arrested, committed, attempted, locked, juvenile, prosecution, victim, entering, vehicle, jury, police, allegedly, custody, escaped, apartment, fbi, drug, motor, trial, abuse, armed, battery, charge, detective, charged, violence, safe, imprisoned, definition, dealing.

Adjectives that are often used to describe burglary:
residential, watergate, first, degree, domestic, rate, safe, second, simple, ordinary, commercial, common, flat, successful, recent, armed, petty, daring, actual, third, anti, original, botched, possible, random, routine, suburban, minor, big, serious, mere, fake, occasional, daytime, flagitious, statutory, typical, intended, earlier, nonresidential, professional, mysterious, alleged, nocturnal, haphazard, interrupted, downright, less, apparent, amateur, unsolved, infamous, plain, planned, violent, forgery, simulated, scale, time, dollar, bit, latest, prior, audacious, antique, forest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective burglary:
insurance, rates, protection, victims, breaking, prevention, rate, policies, defined, tools, entry, looting, safes, loss, detectives, alarms, arrests, systems, ranks, statistics, reduction, role, robbery, degree, locomotion, experts, city, theft, cases, resistant, laws.

Consonant match to burglary:
burglarer, baglio.

Words that sound like burglary:
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