Synonyms for breaking and entering
Most common
break-in housebreaking break and entry shopbreaking effraction
Definitions
- n. 1
The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)
Near-synonyms: break-in, housebreaking, shopbreaking
Example sentences
- housebreaking You are under arrest for housebreaking and theft by night.
By length
- 10 letters
- effraction
- 12 letters
- shopbreaking
- 13 letters
- housebreaking