breaking and entering
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[edit]Noun
[edit]breaking and entering (uncountable)
- (law) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)
Translations
[edit]crime
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Verb
[edit]- present participle and gerund of break and enter
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- breaking and entering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- burglary
- housebreaking
- larceny
- B&E