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breaking and entering en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)
   • Near-synonyms: break-in, housebreaking, shopbreaking

Relateds

burglary · second-storey man · B&E · larceny

Synonyms

break-in · shopbreaking · housebreaking

Translations (10)

he פְּרִיצָה (crime) · de Einbruch (crime) · ru взлом и проникново́ние (crime) · fr introduction par effraction (crime) · ms pecah masuk (crime) · cmn 強行入室 /强行入室 (crime) · cmn 強行闖入 /强行闯入 (crime) · fr entrée par effraction (crime) · fi murto (crime) · fi murtautuminen (crime)

breaking and entering en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of break and enter
   form of break and enter
   • Near-synonym: breaking in

Synonyms

breaking in