Synonyms for break-in
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Noun
1. Housebreaking
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.
There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- prepare
- Other spellings
- break in
Forms
- Plural
- break-ins → housebreakings, run-ins, put-ins, cut-ins…
Example sentences
- housebreaking You are under arrest for housebreaking and theft by night.
By length
- 5 letters
- train1
- 8 letters
- exercise3, accustom3
- 13 letters
- housebreaking
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exercise3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- effraction
- Italiano
- effrazione