1. housebreaking - Noun
2. housebreaking - Verb
The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery having been unexpected, and attempted in the night-time; as if it were the established custom of gentlemen in the housebreaking way to transact business at noon, and to make an appointment, by the twopenny post, a day or two previous. Charles Dickens
He ordered that the sentences excluding the murder and housebreaking run concurrently. Source: Internet
FERNDALE – The suspects are expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court to face charges of possession of housebreaking implements. Source: Internet
If you can, run to the street and limit the robbery to a hijacking and not a housebreaking as well. Source: Internet
"Thanks to a great bit of collaboritive work by local officers in Prestonpans and colleagues from Road Policing, an arrest has been made for a recent housebreaking in Prestonpans and the stolen vehicle has been recovered. Source: Internet
Preliminary investigations showed that three of the youths were also believed to be involved in a separate case of housebreaking reported along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 7, said the police. Source: Internet