单词 | home invasion |
释义 | home invasionn. 1. Invasion of one's home nation by a foreign force. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun] > type of translimitation1837 home invasion1843 1843 Albion 2 Dec. 588/3 To prepare for whatever might turn up in the way of foreign wars or home invasion. 1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. Apr. 293/1 America..provokes and permits home invasion, refrains to make war on hostile despots.., and ingloriously abstains from taking..her rightful position among the nations. 1917 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 6/4 I do not believe in sending our youths to the trenches of Europe..instead of providing an adequate army to prevent home invasion. 2. Chiefly North American, Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). An act of entering a private dwelling without the permission of the occupier. In later use spec.: an act of entering a private dwelling while it is occupied, with the intention of committing a crime (usually burglary, often while threatening the resident); the action or offence of doing this.In the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, home invasion is a legally defined offence.Entry need not be forced, and may even be in response to an invitation, if the offender later remains on the premises when requested by the resident to leave. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > act or instance of burglary1609 bust1859 burgle1889 home invasion1912 1912 Washington Post 1 Feb. 4/3 (heading) Child Bureau wins. Senate passes bill after prohibiting home invasion. 1925 Los Angeles Times 18 Mar. ii. 11/1 (heading) Trio hunted in home invasion. Woman reports attack on twin daughters. 1973 Chicago Sun-Times 2 Nov. 26/1 Wilmette police were seeking the robbers in an apparently unrelated home invasion that occurred early Thursday. 1988 S. Paretsky Blood Shot xxix. 214 The steel-lined door I'd had installed after my last home invasion had held. 1995 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 June 12/6 Police are investigating a home invasion in which three people wearing balaclavas and armed with pieces of wood overpowered a man in his Townsville house at 11pm last night. 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Electronic ed.) 5 June We noticed items in the room that led us to believe the occupants of the room were involved in the home invasion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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