burglary
noun /ˈbɜːɡləri/
/ˈbɜːrɡləri/
[uncountable, countable] (plural burglaries)
- the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it synonym housebreaking
- The youth was charged with three counts of burglary.
- a rise in the number of burglaries committed in the area
- Audio equipment was stolen in a burglary at the mall.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
- aggravated
- house
- …
- commit
- happen
- take place
- burglary at
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from legal French burglarie, from burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.