| 单词 | burglary |
| 释义 | burglary (bɜːʳgləri ) Word forms: burglaries variable noun B2 If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this. An 11-year-old boy committed a burglary. He's been arrested for burglary. Synonyms: breaking and entering, housebreaking, break-in, home invasion [Australian, New Zealand] Collocations: burglary attempt The eight who remained behind decided to make another burglary attempt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fearing more burglary attempts, the doctor decides to keep the ring in his friend's home. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The door was designed to defeat burglary attempts and took six blows to break open. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The couple, who had a burglary charge dropped, pay 450-a-month to live nearby. The Sun He was eventually sent to prison on a burglary charge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government had promised the informant leniency on a burglary charge and a hundred dollars in cash in exchange for each suspect he helped convict. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He went to hospital with breathing difficulties and back pain and faces two burglary charges. The Sun He admitted three burglary charges and will be sentenced next month. The Sun Before his release, he had been serving a sentence for a 1984 burglary conviction, explaining the hiatus in his offending. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A jury took an hour to convict him before it emerged he had 23 burglary convictions dating back 25 years. The Sun He has previous theft and burglary convictions. The Sun He had previous burglary convictions and was jailed for two years and nine months. The Sun But he should have been detained because he was due to appear at another court for a burglary offence and there was an arrest warrant out for him. Times, Sunday Times The intrinsic seriousness of each burglary offence might vary hugely; the task of the sentencing judge was properly to assess the true seriousness of the individual offence. Times, Sunday Times The alleged burglary offences were not committed at the carnival. Times, Sunday Times Seven grievous bodily harm and seven burglary offences were referred. Times, Sunday Times For a week or two, the nation will be afflicted by sharp bouts of statistics about a rise in burglary rates and increasing car crashes. Times, Sunday Times People have improved home security, so burglary rates are down. Times, Sunday Times Although more properties in these neighbourhoods are moving from rental status to private ownership, insurance premiums tend to be cranked up — the burglary rates in student locations are often high. Times, Sunday Times These convictions led to a 26% drop in burglary rates in the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He reported that it was 'scoping property in order to commit a burglary'. Times, Sunday Times He once described how he had curled up in a hedgerow after committing a burglary in 1984. Times, Sunday Times He was freed on licence in 2017 and committed a burglary. The Sun The court heard he committed the burglary hours after being given a conditional discharge for a similar offence. The Sun He was wearing an electronic tag at the time after committing a burglary and was later given a life sentence with a minimum of nine years. Times, Sunday Times He has been charged with 28 counts of burglary. Times, Sunday Times He admitted four counts of burglary. The Sun Yesterday, she went on trial charged with three counts of burglary and three of handling stolen goods. Times, Sunday Times He had previously been convicted on three counts of burglary in the third degree, two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and other various crimes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The following year he was convicted of nine counts of burglary and sent to borstal for a few months, and in 1979 he was sentenced to six months for wounding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When confronted with these discrepancies, he 'admitted he staged the home burglary to avoid having to go to work'. Times, Sunday Times Home burglaries also declined by 9.5 percent. Houston Chronicle He was a criminal from an early age, focusing mainly on home burglaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the laughter stops when they investigate a burglary. The Sun That morning police investigating the burglary found a snood - similar to a balaclava - near the castle's gardens. Times,Sunday Times Call off the chase and investigate some burglaries instead, huh? The Sun Police said they were investigating the burglaries. The Sun Police found it at his home while investigating a burglary. The Sun There has been a 42 per cent reduction in residential burglary in areas with the technology. Times, Sunday Times He was suspected in a residential burglary. Houston Chronicle False alarms may occur with residential burglary alarms, smoke detectors, industrial alarms, and in signal detection theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was convicted this time of one count of first-degree robbery and three counts of residential burglary, and sentenced to nine years in prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residential burglary requires not only an unlawful entry into an inhabited dwelling, but the specific intent to commit some felony therein. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had previously been the victims of burglary at the caravan. The Sun Victims of burglary are not offered any optional fees to guarantee forensic tests when they report a break-in. Times, Sunday Times This could tell a policy writer how often residents are away from home, and therefore whether they are more likely to be the victims of burglary. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 行窃 Japanese: 住居侵入罪 |
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