burglary
noun /ˈbɜːɡləri/
/ˈbɜːrɡləri/
[uncountable, countable] (plural burglaries)
- the crime of entering a building illegally and stealing things from it
入室偷盗罪 - The youth was charged with three counts of burglary.
那个年轻人被控犯有三次入室盗窃罪。 - a rise in the number of burglaries committed in the area
该地区盗窃案例数目的上升 - Audio equipment was stolen in a burglary at the mall.
购物中心的音响器材在一起入室盗窃案中被盗。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
- aggravated
- house
- …
- commit
- happen
- take place
- burglary at
词源early 16th cent.: from legal French burglarie, from burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’. - The youth was charged with three counts of burglary.