> On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Fred Cisin <[email protected]> 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
