How to Use burglary in a Sentence

burglary

noun

• There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months.
• He has been charged with attempted burglary.
• The friend’s safe, which contained a gun belonging to Smith, was among the items stolen from the home in the burglary.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2024
• The 24-year-old denied his involvement in the burglary until the very end.
  — Stephanie Halasz, CNN, 16 May 2023
• Deputies responding to the burglary arrived to find the Hyundai left behind.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
• The sheriff said the suspects obtained the guns used in the shootings through car burglaries.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
• The 69-year-old entrepreneur was out of town when the burglary occurred.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The names listed are of those who reported a burglary and the dates are when the crime is believed to have taken place.
  — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
• According to the lawsuit, there was a burglary the day before the shooting.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• He was indicted in May and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• Tyson, a brindle gray animal, was taken in a burglary in the unit block of Galveston Street SW, the police said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• He was expelled from school, convicted of burglary, and sentenced to some five years in prison.
  — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Take Victor Benitez, who said that the particulars of the burglary seemed to be plucked from a 1980s action movie.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• He was expelled from school, convicted of burglary and sentenced to some five years in prison.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
• Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one of felony burglary.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 May 2023
• Almost two hours later, police received a call of a burglary in progress about two miles from where the cyclist was shot.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• His early verse gave hints, too, of his own struggles, including years of street crime that led to an 18-month prison stint for burglary.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• Cooper did not report a burglary, and no one broke into his home that night, Person-Lynn said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• One favorite burglary tool was an ax, according to court records.
  — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• Stinson had been at the jail since October 2022 on a charge of second-degree burglary.
  — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 18 Aug. 2023
• He is being held without bail at the Latah County jail in Moscow on four charges of first-degree murder and a felony burglary charge.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 5 June 2023
• Prior to the escape, Raynes was being held on charges of auto theft and business burglary, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 4 May 2023
• The department shared that the case has been forwarded to burglary detectives.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• He was arrested on Dec. 30 and indicted in May, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• They are accused of murder during the commission of a robbery and burglary.
  — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Prior to the shooting, police were sent to the home to investigate a report of a burglary in progress, according to the statement.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Heller was one of two police officers who had gone to the complex to arrest Hampton on a felony warrant for burglary.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Smash-and-grab burglaries are already felonies because the value of the goods taken is usually more than $950.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Ferguson pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, two counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and burglary.
  — Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 1 July 2023
• The suspect was also charged with burglary and two weapons charges, according to an affidavit obtained by the AP.
  — C Mandler, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024