burglary B2 Topic:Crime & Justice US /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ UK /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #9422 Meanings 1 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 burglarburglarizeburglarproofburgletrespass Etymology AI details From New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”). burglaria la-new View etymology graph -> Topics Crime & Justice External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # burglary **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 9422 ## Meanings 1. The crime of breaking into a building in order to steal. ## Examples - They reported the burglary to the police the next morning. ## Derived Forms - antiburglary ## Related Forms - burglar - burglarize - burglarproof - burgle - trespass ## Roots and Affixes - Root: burglaria ## Etymology From New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”). ## AI Etymology Burglary comes from New Latin burglaria. Equivalent to burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”). ## Topics - Crime & Justice markdown