Usually means: Unauthorized entry into a property.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word break-in:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. break-in: Merriam-Webster
  2. break-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. break-in, break-in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. break-in: Vocabulary.com
  6. Break-In, Break-in, break-in: Wordnik
  7. break-in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. break-in: Wiktionary
  9. break-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. break-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. break-in: Dictionary.com
  12. break-in: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Break-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. break-in: Rhymezone
  15. break-in: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. break-in: FreeDictionary.org
  17. break-in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. break-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. break-in: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. break-in: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.
noun:  (often attributive) A novelty record where a question is asked or a comment is raised, and the replies are lyrics from other songs, sampled from the recordings.

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