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单词 break in/break into sth
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break in/break into sth

phrasal verb with break uk/breɪk/us/breɪk/verb broke, broken

B1 to get into a building or car using force, usually to steal something:

The burglars broke in through the kitchen window.
My car's been broken into twice this month.

More examples

  • The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to break into the house.
  • He had to break into the house because his girlfriend had locked him out.
  • Thieves broke in and stole jewellery worth thousands of pounds.
  • Someone broke into the office while the security guard was on the phone to his wife.
  • Police caught him trying to break into the safe.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Stealing

  • abscond
  • aggravated burglary
  • appropriate
  • armed robbery
  • breaking and entering idiom
  • duff
  • liberate
  • light-fingered
  • loot
  • looting
  • make off with sth
  • mug
  • relieve
  • rob
  • robbery
  • run off with sth
  • scrump
  • shoplifting
  • sting
  • whip

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