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housebreakings

housebreakings is the plural of housebreaking.

Meaning of housebreaking

Noun

housebreaking (countable and uncountable, plural housebreakings)

  1. The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
    • Near-synonym: breaking and entering

Questions about housebreakings

What is housebreakings the plural of?
Housebreakings is the plural of housebreaking.

Words near housebreakings in the dictionary

  1. houseboys
  2. housebreak
  3. housebreaker
  4. housebreakers
  5. housebreaking
  6. housebreakings
  7. housebreaks
  8. housebroke
  9. housebroken
  10. housebuilder
  11. housebuilders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: housebreakings (page history and authors); housebreaking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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