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Synonyms for burglary
ˈbɜr glə ribur·gla·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burglarynoun

    entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

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  1. burglarynoun

    Synonyms:
    house-breaking (at night)

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  1. burglarynoun

    Synonyms:
    housebreaking

    Associated words:
    burglarious

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  1. List of paraphrases for "burglary":

    robbery, break-in, anti-burglary, theft, stickup

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How to use burglary in a sentence?

  1. Zoe Lofgren:

    The president -- President Nixon's misconduct related to trying to use the levers of government to hide the Watergate burglary... President Trump misconduct had to do with trying to throw the election but at least it didn't involve involving other foreign nations, if you take a look at the -- what the founding fathers were concerned about, it was the interference by foreign governments in our political system that was one of the gravest concerns. Nixon's behavior didn't fall into that range. So in that way, this conduct is more serious.

  2. Franklin Hogue:

    Greg McMichael was absolutely sure this was the guy, the same guy he had seen on surveillance video inside a house where Greg had sound reasons to believe theft had occurred, burglary.

  3. Finley Peter Dunne:

    A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

  4. Brent Weisberg:

    No final charging decisions have been made regarding the individuals identified as potential suspects in the burglary and theft.

  5. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg:

    I’ve had multiple colleagues mugged at gunpoint, i’ve had a colleague stabbed on the way to work. Countless issues of burglary.


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