burglary

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

burg·lary [burglary burglaries] BrE [ˈbɜːɡləri] NAmE [ˈbɜːrɡləri] noun uncountable, countable (pl. burg·laries)
the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it
Syn: ↑housebreaking
•The youth was charged with three counts of burglary.
•a rise in the number of burglaries committed in the area
compare ↑robbery, ↑theft

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from legal French burglarie, from burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.

Example Bank:
•Audio equipment was stolen in a burglary at the mall.
•There has been a rise in the number of burglaries committed in the area.