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    breaking and entering

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Crime
    ˌbreaking and ˈentering noun [uncountable] law  SCCthe crime of entering a building illegally and by force 破门闯入（罪）
    Examples from the Corpus
    breaking and entering• In all my years on newspapers, I've never gone as far as breaking and entering.• Four years later in Birmingham, he was arrested for breaking and entering.• In 1948 he was found guilty of breaking and entering.• Groceries in hand, I crossed the threshold and moved into the entering phase of breaking and entering.
    ˌbreaking and ˈentering nounChineseSyllable
    by building crime Corpus a and the of illegally force entering


    breaking and entering
    ˌbreaking and ˈentering noun [uncountable] law
    the crime of entering a building illegally and by force


    breaking and enteringBrE /ˌbreɪkɪŋ ən ˈentərɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbreɪkɪŋ ən ˈentərɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (NAmE or old-fashioned) the crime of entering a building illegally and using force 破门侵入（罪）