burglary en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/ (US)
Etymology
From New Latin burglaria. By surface analysis, burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
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: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:
- (countable, uncountable) The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. ▸ Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
- (US, countable, uncountable) The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. ▸ 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burglaries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
burglary tourism · antiburglary · knock-knock burglary · hot burglary · cat burglary
Relateds
burglar · burgle · breaking and entering · burglarize · cat burglar · burglar alarm · trespass · burglarproof
Translations (41)
nl inbraak (the crime of breaking into) · fr cambriolage (the crime of breaking into) · cmn 入室盜竊 /入室盗窃 (the crime of breaking into) · sv inbrott (the crime of breaking into) · ja 侵入窃盗 (the crime of breaking into) · es desvalijo (the crime of breaking into) · nn innbrott (the crime of breaking into) · km ការលបចូលលួច (the crime of breaking into) · de Einbruch (the crime of breaking into) · nb innbrudd (the crime of breaking into) · pl włamanie (the crime of breaking into) · pl kradzież z włamaniem (the crime of breaking into) · la compīlātiō (the crime of breaking into) · eo rompoŝtelo (the crime of breaking into) · el διάρρηξη (the crime of breaking into) · io rupto-furto (the crime of breaking into) · da indbrud (the crime of breaking into) · he פריצה (the crime of breaking into) · vo nübreik (the crime of breaking into) · ca violació de domicili (the crime of breaking into) · th ขโมยเข้าบ้าน (the crime of breaking into) · es desvalijamiento (the crime of breaking into) · la effractura (the crime of breaking into) · ru бе́рглэри (the crime of breaking into) · de Einbruchdiebstahl (the crime of breaking into) · th การโจรกรรม (the crime of breaking into) · ar سَطْو (the crime of breaking into) · fi murto (the crime of breaking into) · ka გატეხით ქურდობა (the crime of breaking into) · uk краді́жка із зло́мом (the crime of breaking into) · ang hūsbryċe (the crime of breaking into) · ar لُصُوصِيَّة (the crime of breaking into) · bg кражба чрез взлом (the crime of breaking into) · be крадзе́ж з узло́мам (the crime of breaking into) · es allanamiento de morada (the crime of breaking into) · is innbrot (the crime of breaking into) · et vargus (the crime of breaking into) · ru кра́жа со взло́мом (the crime of breaking into) · pt arrombamento (the crime of breaking into) · ga buirgléireacht (the crime of breaking into) · cs vloupání (the crime of breaking into)