Burglary - English meaning

phrasal verb

Intrude on uninvited

phrasal verb

To enter a building illegally, usually by damaging a door or window, esp. for the purpose of stealing something

Usage examples:

Thieves broke into our office downtown and stole the computers., we will have to break in three new…

phrasal verb

To train someone to do a new job or activity

Usage examples:

The boss did not believe in breaking in his staff gently.

idiom

Illegally forcing your way into a house, especially to steal something

verb

Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.

Usage examples:

They filched milk off morning doorsteps

noun

The action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to commit a crime. in 1968 it was replaced as a statutory crime (in england and wales only) by burglary.

Usage examples:

He had been arrested for more than 40 crimes in the previous year - for offences that included hous…

verb

Train (a pet) to urinate and defecate outside the house or only in a special place; house-train.

Usage examples:

An elephant is exceedingly difficult to housebreak

noun

The crime of illegally entering a house in order to steal something

Usage examples:

The jury convicted him of housebreaking., housebreakings fell by almost 15 percent.

noun

Theft of personal property. in english law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Usage examples:

A concurrent effect to this drop in violent crime occurs in the form of an increase in some levels …

noun

The crime of taking something that does not belong to you, but not in a way that involves force or the threat of force

Usage examples:

[ u ] as a pickpocket, he was charged with larceny.

noun

Stealing, especially the crime of taking something that does not belong to you, without entering a building illegally in order to do so

Usage examples:

They still face charges of grand larceny, and falsifying business records.

verb

Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.

Usage examples:

Desperate residents looted shops for food and water

noun

Private property taken from an enemy in war.

Usage examples:

The rooms were stuffed with the loot from francis's expeditions into italy

noun

Private property taken from an enemy in war.

Usage examples:

The rooms were stuffed with the loot from francis's expeditions into italy

noun

The action of stealing things of little value.

Usage examples:

Surveillance practices reduce theft and pilferage in the workplace

noun

The act of stealing things of small value

Usage examples:

Lockable cabinets provide protection against pilferage.

verb

Steal (things of little value).

Usage examples:

She produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer

verb

Present participle of pilfer

Usage examples:

He was caught pilfering (sweets) from the shop.

noun

A rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces.

Usage examples:

A bombing raid

verb

Conduct a raid on.

Usage examples:

Officers raided thirty homes yesterday

abbreviation

Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks, a system for providing greater capacity, faster access, and security against data corruption by spreading data across several disk drives.

noun

The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

Usage examples:

He was involved in drugs, extortion, and robbery

noun

The crime of stealing from somewhere or someone

Usage examples:

He committed several robberies., a bank robbery

verb

Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.

Usage examples:

He tried, with three others, to rob a bank

Present participle of rob

abbreviation

Senegal (international vehicle registration).

noun

A silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50.

The chemical element tin.

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

The action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft.

Usage examples:

They argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing

noun

The action or offence of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it; theft.

Usage examples:

They argue that copying licensed software is a form of stealing

noun

The action or crime of stealing.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of theft

noun

The action of stealing another person's property.

Usage examples:

Petty thievery

adjective

Keen to steal; thievish.

Usage examples:

Securing the zip on my backpack against thieving fingers

noun

The action of stealing; theft.

Usage examples:

He supplemented his income with petty thieving

verb

Be a thief; steal something.

Usage examples:

They began thieving again

verb

Enter someone's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

There is no excuse for trespassing on railway property

noun

Entry to a person's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

The defendants were guilty of trespass

noun

A sin or offence.

Usage examples:

The worst trespass against the goddess venus is to see her naked and asleep