Usually means: Unlawful entry to commit theft.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word burglary:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. burglary: Merriam-Webster
  2. burglary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burglary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burglary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burglary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Burglary, burglary: Wordnik
  7. burglary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. burglary: Wiktionary
  9. burglary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. burglary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. burglary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. burglary: Dictionary.com
  13. burglary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Burglary (Bottom), Burglary (history), Burglary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Burglary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. burglary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. burglary: Rhymezone
  18. Burglary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. burglary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. burglary: FreeDictionary.org
  21. burglary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. burglary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. burglary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. burglary: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. burglary: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. burglary: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  9. burglary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burglary: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burglary: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See burglaries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
noun:  (law) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
noun:  (law, US) Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter.

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