Noun

(wikipedia burglary) (burglaries)

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

(legal) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.

(legal, US) Under the , entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.

Noun

(en noun)

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

* Alexander Pope

If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.

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The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

A person who performs any such trick.

(obsolete) A trap or snare.

* Milton

to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud