单词 | home-breaking |
释义 | > as lemmashome-breaking home-breaking n. (a) housebreaking, burglary; (b) the break-up of a household or family; the action of causing such a break-up; home-wrecking. ΚΠ 1849 Calcutta Rev. 12 528 Murder, robbery, theft, and home-breaking, were at the same time declared to be unbailable offences. 1873 Our Young Folks Dec. 730 I see the heart-break of the home-breaking falling upon, but powerless to spoil, my new content. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 June 3/6 Home-breaking is a more serious offence against society than house-breaking. 1980 L. Auchincloss House of Prophet (1991) 224 I had more deplored him for weakness than condemned him for home breaking. 1995 F. E. Zimring & G. Hawkins Incapacitation (1997) vii. 138 The fear of homebreaking associated with burglary is apparently downplayed. < as lemmas |
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