How do you use Housebreaking in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like burglary, plus the exact meaning.
Housebreaking meaning
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
Synonyms of Housebreaking
Using Housebreaking
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
- Useful related words include: break-in, breaking and entering, burglary.
- In the example corpus, housebreaking often appears in combinations such as: housebreaking and, of housebreaking, for housebreaking.
Context around Housebreaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 15 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Housebreaking
- In this selection, "housebreaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, potential, experienced, carjacking, reported, implements and theft stand out and add context to how "housebreaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include years for housebreaking with intent and after a housebreaking in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "housebreaking" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with housebreaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A firearm containing live ammunition and several housebreaking implements were recovered. (11 words)
He ordered that the sentences excluding the murder and housebreaking run concurrently. (12 words)
Convictions ranged from attempted murder and murder, to housebreaking and arson, among other. (13 words)
Wyoming police stated officers responded to a name a couple of potential housebreaking at an residence constructing at 12:37 a.m. Monday and encountered Frasure and his father in the back of the constructing. (35 words)
Hobkirk-Onate, who appeared in court by closed-circuit TV from the Calgary Remand Centre, is charged with aggravated assault, housebreaking to commit a robbery and being disguised with intent to commit an indictable offence. (35 words)
Police Scotland is appealing for information about a theft by housebreaking which happened between 8.15am and 5.30pm on Tuesday April 9 at a farm cottage in the Arbirlot area of Arbroath. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Criminologist Professor Jaco Barkhuizen said housebreaking and robberies have increased in South Africa due to the continued load shedding.
The trio were all sentenced to 10 years for housebreaking with intent to rob, five years for kidnapping, and five years for fraud.
Wyoming police stated officers responded to a name a couple of potential housebreaking at an residence constructing at 12:37 a.m. Monday and encountered Frasure and his father in the back of the constructing.
About 44% (44.1%) of households that experienced housebreaking reported some or all incidents to the police.
The drones also support search operations, in response to suspected cases of housebreaking or sightings of suspicious individuals in the area.
The suspect appeared before Zaaiplaas Periodical Court last Monday on charges of housebreaking and rape.
Under crimes of dishonesty, officers noted four cases of theft, three of shoplifting, one theft of a motor vehicle and one housebreaking.
He ordered that the sentences excluding the murder and housebreaking run concurrently.
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.
The judge sentenced Haraseb to 30 years on the murder conviction, six years for housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery, four years for robbery with aggravating circumstances.
The man was charged for housebreaking and section 36, being in possession of property suspected to be stolen.
According to Jeanette Backhoff, spokesperson for the station, the arrests came after a housebreaking in the area.
A firearm containing live ammunition and several housebreaking implements were recovered.
Both suspects are expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in due course facing charges of murder, carjacking, housebreaking, theft and defeating the ends of justice.
Convictions ranged from attempted murder and murder, to housebreaking and arson, among other.
He was wanted for housebreaking, theft of motor vehicles and theft out of motor vehicles.
Hobkirk-Onate, who appeared in court by closed-circuit TV from the Calgary Remand Centre, is charged with aggravated assault, housebreaking to commit a robbery and being disguised with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Jackson added that according to the crime statistics, other types of crimes that decreased included residential housebreaking (five percent), business burglary (eight percent) and theft of motor vehicle which declined 17 percent.
Police Scotland is appealing for information about a theft by housebreaking which happened between 8.15am and 5.30pm on Tuesday April 9 at a farm cottage in the Arbirlot area of Arbroath.
Police were called to the scene, and when the suspects were searched they were found to be in possession of a knife as well as other housebreaking implements, said Van Reenen.
Common combinations with housebreaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- housebreaking and 6×
- of housebreaking 5×
- for housebreaking 4×
- housebreaking implements 4×
- housebreaking with 3×
- housebreaking reported 2×
- and housebreaking 2×
- housebreaking theft 2×
- by housebreaking 2×