breaking and entering

English

Noun

breaking and entering (uncountable)

(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: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: murto (fi), murtautuminen (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)

Verb

breaking and entering

present participle and gerund of break and enter

Related terms

See also

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

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