breaking and entering

English

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.)

Translations

crime

Chinese: Mandarin: 強行闖入 / 强行闯入 (qiángxíng chuǎngrù), 強行入室 / 强行入室 (qiángxíng rùshì) Finnish: murto (fi), murtautuminen (fi) (not by itself considered a crime in Finnish law; burglaries are categorized under theft, etc.) French: entrée par effraction, introduction par effraction German: Einbruch (de) m Hebrew: פְּרִיצָה f (pritzá) Malay: pecah masuk (ms) Russian: взлом и проникново́ние (vzlom i proniknovónije)

Verb

breaking and entering

1. present participle and gerund of break and enter

Related terms

• break and enter
• break in

See also

• breaking and entering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• burglary
• housebreaking
• larceny
• B&E