burglary

(noun)

The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

Related Terms

  • shoplifting
  • Property Crime

Examples of burglary in the following topics:

  • Property Crime

    • Fall and winter are peak seasons for burglary in Denmark.
    • Most residential burglaries occur on weekdays, between 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m., when homes are the least likely to be occupied.
    • Attempted forcible entry into a property is also classified as burglary in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) definition.
    • Fall and winter are peak seasons for burglary in Denmark.
    • Some crime prevention programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, have shown little effectiveness in reducing burglary and other crime.
  • Watergate

    • The Washington Post picked up on the story and, with tips from an FBI informant, gradually exposed the link between the burglary and the Nixon administration.
    • McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.
    • On September 15, a grand jury indicted them, as well as Hunt and Liddy, for conspiracy, burglary, and violation of federal wiretapping laws.
    • Hearing of the incident at the Watergate complex, the Washington Post started publishing a series of articles probing the link between the burglary and the Nixon administration.
    • Despite his substantial lead in the polls, President Nixon was paranoid enough on the cusp of the 1972 election to authorize a burglary of Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Apartment Complex on May 28th and June 17th.
  • The Cover-Up and the Unraveling

    • He insisted that he had made mistakes, but had no prior knowledge of the burglary, did not break any laws, and that he did not learn of the cover-up until early 1973.
    • However, one of the new tapes, recorded soon after the break-in, demonstrated that Nixon had been told of the White House connection to the Watergate burglaries soon after they took place, and had approved plans to thwart the investigation.
  • Types of Crime

    • Property crime is a category of crime that includes burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism.
    • Although robbery involves taking property, it is classified as a violent crime, since force, or threat of force, on an individual is involved, in contrast to burglary which typically takes place in an unoccupied dwelling or other unoccupied building.
  • Crime Statistics

    • For example, it only collects data on the following crimes - assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, rape and robbery.
  • The Election of 1972

    • His aides also committed the Watergate burglary to steal Democratic Party information during the campaign, a move that would prove to be Nixon's political downfall.
  • The Nixon Administration

    • On June 17, Nixon was implicated in the burglary of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate complex, and he became the only president in American history to resign.
  • White-Collar Crime

    • Much of Sutherland's work was to separate and define the differences in blue-collar street crimes such as arson, burglary, theft, assault, rape, and vandalism, which are often blamed on psychological, associational, and structural factors.
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