Usually means: Gain unauthorized entry, typically forcibly.
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  1. break into: Merriam-Webster
  2. break into: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break into: Collins English Dictionary
  4. break into: Vocabulary.com
  5. break into: Wiktionary
  6. break into: Dictionary.com
  7. break into: Rhymezone
  8. break into: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. break into: FreeDictionary.org
  10. break into: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. break into: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. break into: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. break into: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. break into: Legal dictionary

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  1. break into: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (break into)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To open or begin to use.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To successfully enter a profession or business.
verb:  (transitive) To begin suddenly.

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