housebreaking

house·break·ing (hous

ng)

The act of unlawfully breaking into and entering another's house.

housebreaker n.

housebreaking [ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ]

(Law) Criminal law the act of entering a building as a trespasser for an unlawful purpose. Assimilated with burglary, 1968

housebreaker n

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Noun

housebreaking - trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent

break-in, breaking and entering

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

home invasion - burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home

Translations

housebreaking [ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ] N → allanamiento m de morada, invasión f de morada

housebreaking [ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ] n → cambriolage m
house-broken [ˈhaʊsbrəʊkən] adj (US) = house-trained
house call n → visite f
house-clean [ˈhaʊskliːn] vi (US) → faire le ménage
house-cleaning [ˈhaʊskliːnɪŋ] n (US) → ménage m

housebreaking [ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ] n → furto con scasso

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At length, in a fit of professional enthusiasm, he insisted upon producing his box of housebreaking tools: which he had no sooner stumbled in with, and opened for the purpose of explaining the nature and properties of the various implements it contained, and the peculiar beauties of their construction, than he fell over the box upon the floor, and went to sleep where he fell.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

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