as in robbery
the act of illegally entering a building in order to steal things
There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months.
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Recent Examples of burglary
According to Miami County court records, Flynn is suspected of using a handgun and staging the scene to appear like a burglary.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Brigham, who co-founded the popular Sycamore Brewing in 2014 with his then-wife, was indicted on all nine charges, including statutory rape, first-degree burglary, and assault causing bodily injury, earlier this month.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
During the burglary, both Dean and Thornton, who had met earlier that evening, were killed.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Fry has been arrested more than two dozen times since 2003, on a range of offenses including assault, burglary, driving with an invalid license, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to court records.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2026
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Brigham, who co-founded the popular Sycamore Brewing in 2014 with his then-wife, was indicted on all nine charges, including statutory rape, first-degree burglary, and assault causing bodily injury, earlier this month.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
During the burglary, both Dean and Thornton, who had met earlier that evening, were killed.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Fry has been arrested more than two dozen times since 2003, on a range of offenses including assault, burglary, driving with an invalid license, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to court records.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burglary
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Nastasa has been arrested 38 times in New York City, with charges including robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, grand larceny, threat by phone and criminal contempt.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Petty crime, like pickpocketing and phone theft, is more common in Paris and can be easily avoided.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Samuel Nana Opoku, a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, is facing charges of money laundering, felony theft by taking, five counts of identity fraud, and initiation of deceptive commercial email.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Critics singled out her performance as scene-stealing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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By this token, the politician who steals scraps of another’s rhetoric (even if the actual stealing is performed by speechwriters) is derided as if he had been found watching pornography.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Burglary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burglary. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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