Thesaurus results for HOUSEBREAKING

housebreaking

noun

Definition of housebreaking

as in burglary

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Recent Examples of housebreaking Last week, the suspects were returned to Grenada, where they were all charged with two counts of capital murder, escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery and two counts of kidnapping. — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024 The three inmates were also charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery, and two counts of kidnapping. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024 Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor; Atiba Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Trevon Robertson, a 23-year-old unemployed man, were charged with capital murder, escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery and kidnapping. — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024 The three suspects have also been charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery and kidnapping. — Michael Rios, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024 Sometimes armed with rifles, the settlers intermittently engage in housebreaking, sheep stealing and vandalism. — Steven Erlanger Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024

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Many of the non-violent crimes tracked in the report also saw declines, including a 13% drop in residential burglaries year over year and a 50% drop in burglaries compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Residential burglaries fell 13% from a year earlier and were down about 50% compared with 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026

Definition of burglary

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The museum’s Apollo Gallery is open to the public for the first time since the infamous daytime jewelry robbery last October, in which thieves snagged around $102 million worth of crown jewels and other treasures.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Civilian Response Unit Specialist and Marine Corps veteran Edward Zapata was shot in the eye while responding to a robbery call.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

Definition of robbery

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Both suspects now face additional charges, including 28 counts of payment card theft, larceny, identity theft and conspiracy.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Wayne White, 63, of Detroit, is charged with three counts of larceny by conversion ($20,000 or more), each a 10-year felony.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of larceny

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Like the first book of the trilogy, this one unfolds entirely in dialogue—only instead of giving us a narrator whose hat was stolen, this story is narrated by the fish who did the stealing.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Luke Locklear, 29, of Lumberton, is charged with felony conspiracy, and altering/stealing/destroying criminal evidence by taking it from the home and burning it, a warrant says.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026

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