> On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Mouse wrote:
>> But that is not what the word means in law and it is not what the word
>> means in ordinary usage.
> 
> I'm confused on some of the terminology.  I don't think that I'm alone.
> A friend of mine was in law school before he'd believe me that "burglary" and 
> "robbery" were not fully synonymous.

No, they aren't even close in law or in proper English.  They do get mixed a 
lot by illiterate TV "reporters".  But burglary involves entering a home to 
steal property but not to confront the residents, while robbery means taking 
from a person by violence.  So "not fully synonymous" is rather a bizarre way 
of putting it; it's a bit like saying that orange and blue are not fully 
synonymous.

        paul


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