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housebreaking definition

house·break·ing (-brāk′iŋ)

noun

the act of breaking and entering into another's house to commit theft or some other felony: it is itself a felony

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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