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HOUSEBREAKING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent

Synonyms:

break-in; breaking and entering; housebreaking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("housebreaking" is a kind of...):

burglary (entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "housebreaking"):

home invasion (burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb housebreak

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