Usually means: Illegally entering a building, vehicle.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. break-in, break in: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. break-in, break in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. break-in, break-in, break in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. break-in, break in: Vocabulary.com
  6. Break-In, Break-in, break-in: Wordnik
  7. break-in, break in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. break-in, break in: Wiktionary
  9. break-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. break-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. break-in, break in: Dictionary.com
  12. break-in: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Break In, Break-in, Break-in (film), Break-in (mechanical run-in), Break in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. break-in, break in: Rhymezone
  15. break-in: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. break in: Phrasal Verb Page
  17. break-in, break in: Free Dictionary
  18. break-in, break in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Break In: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  20. break-in, break in: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. Break In: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. break in: Legal dictionary

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

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. break in: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. break in: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See break_ins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (break in)

verb:  (intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) Starting something brand new or at a new level.
verb:  (transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.
verb:  (intransitive) To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts.

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