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Recent Examples of housebreaking
The three inmates were also charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery, and two counts of kidnapping.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
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
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
Many people need help troubleshooting issues such as housebreaking or leash-walking difficulties.
—NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
Zandile Christmas Mafe, 49, who liked to talk politics with friends, was charged on Tuesday with arson, theft, housebreaking and possession of explosives.
—New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
The suspect, who is due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Tuesday, has been charged with housebreaking, theft and arson, police said in a statement.
—Ally Barnard, Alex Stambaugh and David McKenzie, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
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
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
Many people need help troubleshooting issues such as housebreaking or leash-walking difficulties.
—NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
Zandile Christmas Mafe, 49, who liked to talk politics with friends, was charged on Tuesday with arson, theft, housebreaking and possession of explosives.
—New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
The suspect, who is due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Tuesday, has been charged with housebreaking, theft and arson, police said in a statement.
—Ally Barnard, Alex Stambaugh and David McKenzie, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housebreaking
Noun
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In May 2019, he was indicted by a grand jury for burglary of a habitation—a felony.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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Detectives kept insisting the crime fit the pattern of a residential burglary, not a love triangle.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The mainstream consensus solidified: The robbery was karma, comeuppance, a corrective to all that vacuous extravagance and clueless exhibitionism.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2025
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The third boy, who was 13 at the time of the murder, pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile facility.—
Corin Cesaric,
People.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Hemingway, who was also charged with larceny and money laundering, is being held in pretrial detention at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers on $2 million bail.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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He was charged with two counts of larceny of a motor vehicle and interfering with a search.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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For the majority of the story, Lamia and Saeed are left to their own devices, including resorting to thievery.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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Friends since their youth, the two grow up together in petty thievery which leads to dual lives in organized crime.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Housebreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housebreaking. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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