housebreaking
n. 侵入家宅; 盗取; 拆屋; 行窃
v. 侵入家庭盗取,拆屋( housebreak的现在分词 )
Housebreaking is the crime of entering another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions.
...a huge increase in housebreaking and car theft.
入室行窃和盗车案件的大幅增加
1. trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
He was arrested by the police on a charge of housebreaking.
他被指控侵入民宅而被警方逮捕.
When the police arrested Bill for housebreaking he coughed to five other burglaries he'd done.
警察以侵入住宅罪逮捕了比尔,他还供认出其他的5件盗窃案.
We're not dealing with a case of petty housebreaking.
我们现在处理的不是一件微不足道的入室行窃案.
Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。