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Breaking and entering   /brˈeɪkɪŋ ənd ˈɛntərɪŋ/   Listen
Breaking and entering

noun
1.
Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent.  Synonyms: break-in, housebreaking.





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"Breaking and entering" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kennedy, "it is not the safe that we care to study so much as the door. For one thing, I want to make sure whether the marks show a genuine breaking and entering or whether they were placed there afterwards merely to cover the trail, supposing someone had used a key to get into ...
— The Ear in the Wall • Arthur B. Reeve


Words linked to "Breaking and entering" :   housebreaking, break-in, burglary, home invasion


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