"breaking and entering" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} breaking and entering (uncountable)
  1. (law) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.) Tags: uncountable Synonyms: break-in, housebreaking, shopbreaking Related terms: B&E [alternative], burglary, larceny, second-storey man Translations (crime): 強行闖入 /强行闯入 (qiángxíng chuǎngrù) (Chinese Mandarin), 強行入室 /强行入室 (qiángxíng rùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), murto (Finnish), murtautuminen (note: not by itself considered a crime in Finnish law; burglaries are categorized under theft) [usually] (Finnish), entrée par effraction (French), introduction par effraction (French), Einbruch [masculine] (German), פְּרִיצָה (pritzá) [feminine] (Hebrew), pecah masuk (Malay), взлом и проникново́ние (vzlom i proniknovónije) (Russian)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} breaking and entering
  1. present participle and gerund of break and enter Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: break and enter Synonyms: breaking in
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Alternative forms

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