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> Someone gets by effraction I didn't know this word -- apparently it's an older English (but still current) French word for what we usually call "burglary" or

by schoen 5y ago

> Someone gets by effraction I didn't know this word -- apparently it's an older English (but still current) French word for what we usually call "burglary" or "breaking and entering" in English now. I might say "Someone breaks into an apartment/house..." in this context.

LanceH 5y ago
"breaking" is an unusual usage as well. It's the use of any force -- not literally breaking something. Pushing a door open would count as the use of force. Think more like "breaking a seal", rather than breaking a window.