burglary

«burglary» in Mova's school dictionary: the crime of breaking into a building to steal things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a burglary, burglaries; burglary uncountable as a crime)

meaning for a pupil

1) Burglary is the crime of breaking into a building to steal things. tree →

2) A burglary is one time this happens: «There was a burglary next door». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday safety families lock doors and windows to prevent burglary, and a burglar alarm warns of break-ins. In stories and news, police investigate a burglary. Related words: burglar (the person), burgle/burglarize (the verb).

examples

• There was a burglary on our street last night. tree →
• Lock the back door to help prevent burglary. tree →
• The police are investigating the burglary. tree →
• Burglary is a serious crime. tree →
• After the burglary we got a new alarm. tree →
• The detective solved three burglaries in one week. tree →

note

Plural «burglaries» (y becomes ies). A burglary is breaking in; a robbery uses force or threats against a person; theft is any stealing. Spelled «burg-», not «burgal-».

In the corpora

• When something bad happens to someone, like a burglary, blame the person who did it, not the person it happened to.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «burglary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.