burglary

B2 Topic:Crime & Justice

US /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ UK /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #9422

Meanings

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noun
The crime of breaking into a building in order to steal.

They reported the burglary to the police the next morning.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms burglaries

Derived forms antiburglary

Related forms burglar burglarizeburglarproofburgle trespass

Etymology

From New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

burglaria la-new

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Topics

Crime & Justice

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