Etymology

burglary

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Today it means: The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. Full definition →

New Latin burglaria
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromburglaria
  2. English todayburglary

From New Latin burglaria. By surface analysis, burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

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