break in

Verb
  1. Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act (synset 202576599)
    "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?"
    is a type of: intrude, trespass - enter unlawfully on someone's property
    subtypes: crack - gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
    same as: break
  2. Break into a conversation (synset 200782236)
    "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
    is a type of: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt - make a break in
    subtypes: disrupt, interrupt - interfere in someone else's activity
    same as: barge in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in
  3. Start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role (synset 200348458)
    is a type of: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  4. Intrude on uninvited (synset 201210437)
    "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
    is a type of: intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited
  5. Break so as to fall inward (synset 200336365)
    "He broke in the door"
    is a type of: break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
    subtypes: stave in - break in the staves (of)
  6. Make submissive, obedient, or useful (synset 200202933)
    "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
    causes: break - be broken in
    is a type of: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
    same as: break
    verb group: break - be broken in

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