On arriving home, I discovered the burglary.
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Burglary
//ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i//
Synonyms for "burglary" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
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Related words (11)
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8 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
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15 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سَطْو noun (the crime of breaking into)
- لُصُوصِيَّة noun (the crime of breaking into)
Belarusian
1 entries- крадзе́ж з узло́мам noun (the crime of breaking into)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кражба чрез взлом noun (the crime of breaking into)
Catalan
1 entries- violació de domicili noun (the crime of breaking into)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 入室盜竊 /入室盗窃 noun (the crime of breaking into)
Czech
1 entries- vloupání noun (the crime of breaking into)
Danish
1 entries- indbrud noun (the crime of breaking into)
Dutch
1 entries- inbraak noun (the crime of breaking into)
Esperanto
1 entries- rompoŝtelo noun (the crime of breaking into)
Estonian
1 entries- vargus noun (the crime of breaking into)
Finnish
1 entries- murto noun (the crime of breaking into)
French
1 entries- cambriolage noun (the crime of breaking into)
Georgian
1 entries- გატეხით ქურდობა noun (the crime of breaking into)
German
2 entries- Einbruch noun (the crime of breaking into)
- Einbruchdiebstahl noun (the crime of breaking into)
Greek
1 entries- διάρρηξη noun (the crime of breaking into)
Hebrew
1 entries- פריצה noun (the crime of breaking into)
Icelandic
1 entries- innbrot noun (the crime of breaking into)
Ido
1 entries- rupto-furto noun (the crime of breaking into)
Irish
1 entries- buirgléireacht noun (the crime of breaking into)
Japanese
1 entries- 侵入窃盗 noun (the crime of breaking into)
Khmer
1 entries- ការលបចូលលួច noun (the crime of breaking into)
Latin
2 entries- compīlātiō noun (the crime of breaking into)
- effractura noun (the crime of breaking into)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- innbrudd noun (the crime of breaking into)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- innbrott noun (the crime of breaking into)
Old English
1 entries- hūsbryċe noun (the crime of breaking into)
Polish
1 entries- kradzież z włamaniem noun (the crime of breaking into)
Portuguese
1 entries- arrombamento noun (the crime of breaking into)
Russian
2 entries- бе́рглэри noun (the crime of breaking into)
- кра́жа со взло́мом noun (the crime of breaking into)
Spanish
1 entries- allanamiento de morada noun (the crime of breaking into)
Swedish
1 entries- inbrott noun (the crime of breaking into)
Thai
2 entries- การโจรกรรม noun (the crime of breaking into)
- ขโมยเข้าบ้าน noun (the crime of breaking into)
Ukrainian
1 entries- краді́жка із зло́мом noun (the crime of breaking into)
Volapük
1 entries- nübreik noun (the crime of breaking into)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.
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He was arrested on the charge of burglary.
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He is serving a three-year sentence for burglary.
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