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burglary

/ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/US/ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/

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

Noun

burglary (countable and uncountable, plural burglaries)

  1. 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.2016, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
    • 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.2025 February 1, Noah Goldberg, “He runs a desert micro-nation by the Salton Sea. Population Zero.”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025
    1. Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
    2. (US) 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.

burglary meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

burglary in Tamil

பெருங்கொள்ளை, கன்னம் வைத்தல், வீடுபுகுந்து திருடுகை

burglary in Malayalam

burglary
കന്നം kannaṁ

burglary in Kannada

ಕನ್ನಗಳವು, ಕನ್ನಕಳವು, ಕನ್ನಹಾಕುವುದು

burglary in Arabic

the crime of breaking into
سَطْو saṭw, لُصُوصِيَّة luṣūṣiyya
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burglary in Thai
ขโมยเข้าบ้าน, การโจรกรรม

Examples of burglary in a sentence

  • Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.
  • The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.
  • Police believe that upward of 30 local burglaries may have been carried out by the suspects.

All 33 example sentences with burglary

Forms of burglary

pluralburglaries

Plural of burglary: burglaries

Origin of burglary

From New Latin burglaria. By surface analysis, burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

Words formed from burglary

Questions about burglary

What does burglary mean?
Burglary means the crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
What is burglary in Tamil?
Burglary in Tamil is பெருங்கொள்ளை, கன்னம் வைத்தல், வீடுபுகுந்து திருடுகை. See Burglary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is burglary?
Burglary is a noun.
How do you pronounce burglary?
Burglary is pronounced /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of burglary?
The plural of burglary is burglaries.

Words near burglary in the dictionary

  1. burglarizing
  2. burglarous
  3. burglarously
  4. burglarproof
  5. burglars
  6. burglary
  7. burglary tourism
  8. Burglauenen
  9. burgle
  10. burgled
  11. burglee

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burglary (page history and authors); burglary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കന്നം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); burglary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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