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- adjective Attributive form of
breaking and entering , noun.
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Examples
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Lawyers for J.D.B. said his statements in the school interrogation should be excluded from a hearing on breaking-and-entering and larceny charges because he was not read his Miranda rights.
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So one day when Miss Breakbone goes too far, her students take their revenge in a breaking-and-entering caper that ends when she finds a note that says, “The Dunderheads were here!”
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Last week, prosecutors tried Latson on a breaking-and-entering charge related to an incident in 2009.
In Va. assault case, anxious parents recognize 'dark side of autism' 2011
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You approve of breaking-and-entering as a righteous tactic for stirring up the journalism pot and making oneself famous?
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So one day when Miss Breakbone goes too far, her students take their revenge in a breaking-and-entering caper that ends when she finds a note that says, “The Dunderheads were here!”
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Last week, prosecutors tried Latson on a breaking-and-entering charge related to an incident in 2009.
In Va. assault case, anxious parents recognize 'dark side of autism' 2011
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A Western North Carolina business owner told state Rep. Phil Haire his convictions for breaking-and-entering and larceny, stemming from a decades-old theft of copper wire, keep him from hunting.
Should Felons Hunt? 2009
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Last week, prosecutors tried Latson on a breaking-and-entering charge related to an incident in 2009.
In Va. assault case, anxious parents recognize 'dark side of autism' 2011
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Lawyers for J.D.B. said his statements in the school interrogation should be excluded from a hearing on breaking-and-entering and larceny charges because he was not read his Miranda rights.
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A Randallstown man, 22, was charged with fourth-degree burglary, breaking-and-entering, and motor vehicle theft.
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