"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 Categories (topical): Law Translations (crime): 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)
    Sense id: en-breaking_and_entering-en-noun-gyCsSDj5 Topics: law

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 Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: break and enter, break in, burglary, housebreaking, larceny, B&E
    Sense id: en-breaking_and_entering-en-verb-wtIWHl6u Disambiguation of Crime: 37 63 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69

Alternative forms

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