what does burglary mean?

Answer 1

Here it is in a nut shell without all the legal talk:

1. THEFT is taking something that's not yours, but you had permission to be in the place where you took it from. Example. You are an invited guest in another's home and take the money from that persons wallet.

BURGLARY when you enter a place you have no right to be in with the intent to commit a theft, assault, or other felony. Example you enter a business after its closed and take something; you break into a car and steal the stereo; you break into your exgirlfirends house and assault her; etc....

ROBBERY is basically using force or threat of force to commit a theft. Example is holding a store clerk at gun point and demanding the money; shoplifting a music cd from Walmart and having a slugfest with Walmart security when they try to stop you.

Answer 2

Definitions of burglary on the Web:

* entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* Burglary is a crime related to theft. The original common law definition of burglary consisted of six specific elements: breaking and entering the dwelling of another during the night with the intention to commit a felony therein.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burglary

* The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with the intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit the aforementioned.
www.wju.edu/security/definitions.asp

* the crime of breaking into and entering a building with the intent to steal.
www.nationaltcc.org/tcc/

* The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or a theft.

Answer 3

A burglary is to steal from a place when nobody else is there. A robbery is when somebody steals from somebody or at a place where somebody else is there.

Answer 4

1st degree burglary is breaking into a dwelling of a homeand having the intention to steal. 2nd degree is the same as the first but its breaking into a store or school. 3rd degree is just breaking and entering. 4th degree is just tresspassing.1st and 2nd are felonys and 3rd and4th are misdemeanors..

Answer 5

Somebody comes into your property to steal, but you are not there or sound asleep. If you are present, it's robbery.
That's a rough definition.

Answer 6

breaking into someone elses property and taking their items without permission.

Answer 7

someone breaks in to your home and steals everything of value, or what can be carried.

Answer 8

breaking into a place and stealing items,be it valueable or not

Answer 9

Things are stolen from a property.

Are you serious?

Answer 10

when someone steals stuff from a property.