"commit a burglary" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to unlawfully enter a building or dwelling with the intent to steal or commit a crime. Example: The suspect was arrested for allegedly committing a burglary at the local jewelry store.
Prosecutors said he kicked in a basement window, trying to commit a burglary, which exposed him to guilt on the murder charge.
Mr. Klein told the Court there was no constitutional right to commit a burglary or to flee the scene of a burglary.
An unemployed tree-cutter who broke into a home to commit a burglary admitted Thursday that he killed three people who confronted him, then stuffed their remains in a hollow tree.
Christopher Simmons was 17 on Sept. 8, 1993, when he and a 15-year-old accomplice broke into a house in the St . Louisarea to commit a burglary.
The defendant, Christopher Simmons, who is now 27, was convicted in 1993 of murdering a woman who recognized him when he broke into her house with a 15-year-old companion to commit a burglary.
In a recent phone interview, he reminisced about the old times (like competing against the Aaron Sorkin drama "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), speculated on the new ones and admitted there is a part of him that wants to commit a burglary.
The temptation to stay in Britain must have been overwhelming: in early 1774, just as Henry Laurens was planning to return to South Carolina, Robert committed a burglary and was imprisoned for 12 months.
For example, Ms. Gochman said, it had never been considered the prosecution's duty to prove why someone committed a burglary, whether to feed a drug habit or feed a family.
Another defendant, Joseph Benanti, 66, identified by prosecutors as a Bonanno family soldier, admitted that he ordered the killing of a drug addict who had committed a burglary at the home of Mr. Spero's daughter.
When one committed a burglary, there was "a tiny news story, they didn't want to make a hoo-ha - but when Hungarians roasted a wild duck in Hyde Park it was on the front pages".
