housebreaking
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
housebreaking/ˈhaʊsbreɪkɪŋ/
▶noun the action of breaking into a building, especially in daytime, to commit a crime (replaced in 1968 as a statutory crime in English law by burglary).
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housebreaker noun.
housebreaker noun.
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