'Housebreaking' definitions:
Definition of 'housebreaking'
(from WordNet)
noun
Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent [syn: housebreaking, break-in, breaking and entering]
Definition of 'Housebreaking'
From: 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]