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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.
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Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 15 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
The three inmates were also charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery, and two counts of kidnapping.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 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
Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 15 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
The three inmates were also charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery, and two counts of kidnapping.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housebreaking
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There were no injuries as a result of the burglary, according to Pix 11 News.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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He was sentenced to 17 years for armed kidnapping and 17 years for armed burglary with assault or battery.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Böcker, the firm that manufactured the furniture lift apparently used in the audacious robbery, has taken to social media to show there is no such thing as bad publicity.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Manuel Betancourt-Renteria Manuel Betancourt-Renteria of Mexico has 10 convictions, including two counts of assault, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, larceny and five traffic offenses, according to DHS.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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When Brown was 22 years old, he was charged in at least four separate cases that included shoplifting, larceny, breaking and entering, and felony conspiracy.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Springer, who played for the 2017 World Series champion (and sign-stealing) Houston Astros, hit Bazardo’s 1-0 pitch into the left-field seats to ultimately win the game.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Here are 6 things to know Bulb thievery is a hard battle to win.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Housebreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housebreaking. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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