21 Aug
2015
21 Aug
'15
11:59 p.m.
On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at
xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015, Mouse wrote:
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
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.