Housebreaking

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of unlawfully breaking into and entering another's house.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
  • v. Present participle of housebreak.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See burglary, and To break a house, under break.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The breaking or opening of a house with the intent to commit a felony or to steal or rob. See burglary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    burglary   
    Variant
    burglary    break   
    Hyponym
    home invasion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burglar   
    Verb Stem
    housebreak   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vandalism    embezzlement    break-in    burglary    Singh    shoplifting    bigamy    rootkit    thieve    open-heartedness   
     
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