break in

1 to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent <the burglars broke in by smashing a window> Synonyms burglarize, burgle Related Words invade, trespass; hold up, loot, plunder, rip off, rob, stick up; ransack, rifle; despoil, devastate, maraud, pillage, ravage, sack

2 to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion <he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met> Synonyms interrupt, chime in, chip in [chiefly British], cut in, interpose, intrudeRelated Words barge (in), bother, horn in; add, contribute, put in