Associations to the word «Housebreaking»

Wiktionary

HOUSEBREAKING, noun. The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
HOUSEBREAKING, verb. (animal training) present participle of housebreak

Dictionary definition

HOUSEBREAKING, noun. Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne