> 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