Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Burglary \Bur"gla*ry\, n.; pl. Burglaries. [Fr. Burglar; cf.
LL. burglaria.] (Law)
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the
nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether
the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. --Wharton.
--Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
Note: By statute law in some of the United States, burglary
includes the breaking with felonious intent into a
house by day as well as by night, and into other
buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the
crime are established.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
burglary
n 1: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a
felony or to steal valuable property