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Definition of housebreaking noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

housebreaking

noun

/ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ/

/ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ/

[uncountable] (especially British English)

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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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