Housebreaking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Housebreaking \House"break`ing\, n.
     The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious
     purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day
     or night. See {Burglary}, and {To break a house}, under
     {Break}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  housebreaking
       n : trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into
           premises with criminal intent [syn: {break-in}, {breaking
           and entering}]