And IIRC, burglary happens at night, house-breaking happens in the daytime.
Jez
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Burglary is of a premises and implies illegal entry.
> Robbery and theft is of a person.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 16/11/2008, at 4:32 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
> >>
> >> So if your house was broken into, 'We were robbed' is not correct
> >> unless you were present.
> >> Andrew Fildes
> >
> > Ok, what's the distinction between "theft" and "burglary" ?
> >
> > ...Wayne
>
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