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burglary ((an act of) illegally entering a house etc. to steal • He has been charged with burglary); housebreaking; break and enter (mary-john); breaking an (Burglary (also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking) is a crime, the essence of which is illegal entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary. To engage in the act of burglary is to burgle (in British English) or to burglarize (in American English). WK Alexander Demidov); house breaking; break-in ("Yeah my business is gone. Break-ins wiped out inventory. I got there with alarm blaring and nothing to be done. Told police I could see my stuff being sold on the internet and they told me to get lost." "Destroying small business is a long term goal of the progressives as it is a route to independence from government and oligarchs." (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
