housebreaking
noun/ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ/
/ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ/
[uncountable] (especially British English)- the crime of entering a house illegally by using force, in order to steal things from it synonym burglaryTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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