housebreaking
n. 侵入家宅; 盜取; 拆屋; 行竊
v. 侵入家庭盜取,拆屋( housebreak的現在分詞 )
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.
入室行竊和盜車案件的大幅增加
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爾,他還供認出其他的5件盜竊案.
We're not dealing with a case of petty housebreaking.
我們現在處理的不是一件微不足道的入室行竊案.
Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
去年搶劫和入室行竊成災。