🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tentato furto con scasso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tentato furto con scasso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Attempted-burglary/əˈtɛm.tɪd ˈbɜːr.ɡlə.ri/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"C'è stato un tentato furto con scasso nel nostro quartiere."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A criminal offense in which a person makes a direct, overt step toward illegally entering a structure with the intent to commit a crime therein, but fails to complete the actual entry or offense.

    "The police arrived quickly after the homeowner reported an attempted-burglary in progress."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound legal phrase combining 'attempted', derived from the Latin 'attemptare' (to try or assault), and 'burglary', originating from the Middle English 'burglarye', stemming from Old French and Germanic roots relating to housebreaking. It evolved in modern legal contexts to designate a criminal act initiated but not fully completed.

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