effractionn.
/ɛˈfrakʃən/ Breaking open (a house); burglary.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun]
housebreachlOE
burgh-brechea1387
burglary1532
housebreaking1607
breaking and entering1617
game1811
crack1819
screwing1819
effraction1840
burst1857
burglarizing1872
burgling1880
ship-breaking1901
1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 277 The dwelling-place where the effraction was perpetrated.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral iv. 80 A riot, with effraction and murder.
1881 J. Payne in tr. F. Villon Poems (new ed.) Introd. 54 Such efficient instruments of effraction that no bolts or locks could resist them.
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