N-UNCOUNTHousebreaking is the crime of entering another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions. 入室行窃
Last Sunday, Hyderabad-based researcher Hari Prasad was charged with house-breaking, trespass and theft, 28 hours after he was arrested in his home, according to J.
The two Nigerians, aged 40 and 41, were caught unawares as the police barged into the house, breaking tiles, overturning couches and ransacking rooms to uncover the booty.
Last August, President Obama used the occasion of a White House dinner breaking the Ramadan fast to endorse the construction of a controversial mosque close by the site of the former Twin Towers in Manhattan.