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Definition of Burglaries
1. burglary [n] - See also: burglary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burglaries
Literary usage of Burglaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Highlights from 20 Years of Surveying Crime Victims: National Crime by Marianne W. Zawitz (1993)
"The estimated economic loss to victims of household burglaries was $4.2 billion
in 1991. ... About half of all burglaries are reported to the police. ..."
2. Juvenile Offenders & Victims: A National Report by Howard N. Snyder (1995)
"If a person is arrested and charged with committing 40 burglaries, ... Let's try
to answer the question: "What proportion of all burglaries are committed by ..."
3. Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions by David George Ritchie (1903)
"... force by civilised over barbarous or savage peoples, it is cheap virtue to
call them " international burglaries," and a very misleading use of language. ..."
4. The Fan-qui in China, in 1836-7 by Charles Toogood Downing (1838)
"burglaries and robberies of dwelling- houses are not so frequent in Canton as
might be expected, from the nature of the premises and the rich goods ..."
5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... one of whom was for a rape; the others for burglaries and robberies: 32 were
burnt in the hand, one to be transported, 13 ordered to be whipt, 5 fined, ..."
6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... that the average of burglaries is also fewer than in the country ; and the
same may be said of housebreaking, which crime, as already stated, ..."
7. American Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1920)
"In 1915, for example, New York City had approximately eight times as many burglaries
as London had in the same period, and nearly twice the number of ..."
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