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housebreaking

noun as in break in

noun as in breaking and entering

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Old fashioned crimes like housebreaking are falling.

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Eklund’s lawyers appealed, and when it turned out that Ray, the witness, had perjured himself — he claimed not to have had a criminal record when he had served time for housebreaking and perjury — Eklund was granted a new trial.

Produced on June 21, 2020, eight days after Mr. David’s arrest, the report said there was information indicating that he was involved in “a housebreaking and theft” at a farm belonging to Mr. Ramaphosa.

“It helps with housebreaking, although the person who found her said she seemed housebroken.”

Oink, the piglet, makes an indelible mark in not always welcome ways — housebreaking is an issue — and Babs, his owner, has her hands full, especially with a visiting grandfather obsessed with a sausage-making contest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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