Crossword clues for burglaries
burglaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burglary \Bur"gla*ry\, n.; pl. Burglaries. [Fr. Burglar; cf.
LL. burglaria.] (Law)
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the
nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether
the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
--Wharton.
--Burrill.
Note: By statute law in some of the United States, burglary includes the breaking with felonious intent into a house by day as well as by night, and into other buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the crime are established.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of burglary English)
Usage examples of "burglaries".
A deputy showed up to take fingerprints, but none of the prints from the earlier burglaries had set off bells and whistles in the FBI files.
I'd talked to the victims of four of the burglaries (Elsie wasn't back) and come up without a clue.
They'd heard of the rash of burglaries, so they asked one of the daughter's friends to stay in their house while they were gone.
The county prosecutor's holding a press conference about the burglaries, and he wants me there to field questions.
The burglaries could be that, too, although it was hard to ignore the parallels in all six of them.
There have been some other burglaries, too, and I'm trying to find a link.
Harve Dorfer and I'd appreciate it if you could let us have copies of the reports from those burglaries.
Now that this militia business is done, think you'll have time to get back on the burglaries?
Listen, Dino, have you had any burglaries reported recently where just about the only thing taken was cash?
Dino said, "we've made a start, I guess, but I don't have enough evidence to arrest Dryer for the burglaries.
We think Dryer has been pulling off burglaries to support himself, and a gun that was stolen from one of the apartments may have been used to kill a retired cop, but we can't prove anything yet.
The burglaries exhibited certain skills that are not possessed by your garden-variety burglar.
By 1946, Britain’s crime figures had doubled since pre-war days: twice as many robberies, burglaries, rapes and crimes of violence.
Since the age of thirteen, Heirens had been committing burglaries: his aim was to steal women’s panties, which he wore and used for masturbation.
If he was interrupted in the course of his burglaries, he would become extremely violent.