BURGLARY


Meaning of BURGLARY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a murder/burglary etc suspect

The murder suspect is described as in his early 20s, wearing a baseball type cap and a dark jacket.

a murder/burglary/drugs etc charge

He appeared in court on fraud charges.

Robins was in jail awaiting trial on drugs charges.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

aggravated

Butler, of Averton, near Manchester, admitted aggravated burglary .

And skipping the Weight Watchers classes the missus put me in for. Aggravated burglary .

Vernage denies three murders, two attempted murders, two burglaries and one aggravated burglary.

The Court of Appeal held that the crime was not aggravated burglary .

■ NOUN

charge

Her article in the Mail on Sunday was seriously prejudicial to the burglary charge but it was not a contempt.

Twenty three year old John Kitchin had just been remanded in custody on a burglary charge .

house

And house burglaries and car thefts account for more than half all crimes reported.

The property was found after an investigation into house burglaries in Cleveland and North Yorkshire.

Yet it's estimated that in about 90% of house burglaries , the thief entered with very little effort.

■ VERB

admit

All three had admitted burglary and related charges.

Samuel admitted to the burglaries but not to the robbery.

He was given a 12-month probation order after admitting burglary and breaking a community service order.

commit

A warrant for his arrest forced him to flee, committing a trail of burglaries in north-country cities.

He was committing a burglary , he had a partner, the partner killed him.

He once defended a racist skinhead who'd committed a burglary while on parole.

steal

He also has several convictions for receiving stolen property and burglary from the 1970s and 1980s.

Lifted: Darlington police want to hear from anyone who has had weights and bars stolen in burglaries at their homes.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

second-degree murder/assault/burglary etc

A 16-year-old black youth, Lemrick Nelson, was later charged with second-degree murder in relation to the stabbing.

After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial, Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.

Bach, 13, was arrested late last month and charged with second-degree murder.

Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.

He faces a count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 10 shooting death of Brad Hansen, also 13.

However, the degree of severity of the indictment, which could range from negligent homicide to second-degree murder, remains unclear.

Kravitz reduced the charge to second-degree murder.

Last week, she won her freedom after agreeing not to contest charges of second-degree murder.

third-degree murder/burglary/assault etc

Butch finally pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 20 years.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Burglary , murder and rape are all on the increase.

Call the police -- there's been a burglary .

Foster had been in prison twice already for burglary .

If you live in an area where burglary is common, it may be worth investing in an alarm system.

Most burglaries occur when a house or apartment is empty.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the Smiths Arms in Greatham, near Hartlepool, £800 was taken from the vending and gaming machines during a burglary .

Davis also faces three other special circumstances in connection with the murder charge: kidnapping, burglary and robbery.

Nicholas, 21, and Robin, 20, admitted incitement to burglary .

Police fear thieves are turning to car crime because the courts are imposing tougher penalties for burglary and robbery.

The burglary of a north Los Angeles home Friday was one of hundreds in the area during 1995.

There were also 38 reports of stolen cars, 39 reported burglaries and nine reported robberies.

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