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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
burglary
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.
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