Meaning of BURGLARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'burgluree
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property |
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| | See Also: | | break-in, breaking and entering, felony, housebreaking | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bur"gla*ry\, n.; pl. {Burglaries}. [Fr. {Burglar}; cf.
LL. burglaria.] (Law)
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. --Wharton.
Burrill.
Note: By statute law in some of the United States, burglary
includes the breaking with felonious intent into a
house by day as well as by night, and into other
buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the
crime are established.
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The act of illegal entry with the intent to steal. |
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| | Related Terms: | | break-in, breaking and entering, burglarizing, caper, filch, grab, heist, housebreaking, job, lift, pinch, rip-off, robbery, safeblowing, safebreaking, safecracking, steal, theft, unlawful entry |
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