Synonyms of burglaries

burglaries

noun

plural of burglary

as in robberies

the act of illegally entering a building in order to steal things

There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months.

Related Words

• robberies
• thefts
• kidnappings
• larcenies
• grafts
• embezzlements
• housebreakings
• abductions
• peculations
• thieveries
• carjackings
• hijackings
• misappropriations
• misapplications
• piracies
• petty larcenies
• pilferages
• petit larcenies
• spoliations
• rapines
• pillages
• despoliations
• banditries
• black marketeerings
• despoilments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of burglaries

Many of the non-violent crimes tracked in the report also saw declines, including a 13% drop in residential burglaries year over year and a 50% drop in burglaries compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Residential burglaries fell 13% from a year earlier and were down about 50% compared with 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026

Arkansas State Police spotted and stopped the vehicle, and found trash bags containing drugs that had been stolen from Everspring Pharmacy and evidence linking them to all the burglaries, according to court records. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Many of the nonviolent crimes tracked in the report also saw declines, including a 13% drop in residential burglaries year over year and a 50% drop in burglaries compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Smith was on parole and was a suspect in at least two burglaries and a car theft when Hart was killed on July 23, 1949. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Federal prosecutors charged seven Chilean nationals in February 2025 with burglaries at the homes of NFL and NBA players. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

By the same year-to-date metric, robberies this year have fallen by 27% and burglaries by 32%. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

In February 2025, seven men were arrested and charged with the burglaries. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026