effraction

From French effraction.

effraction (countable and uncountable, plural effractions)

1. (obsolete) Burglary.
2. (medicine) A bone fracture where the bone breaks the surface of the skin.

• IPA^(key): /e.fʁak.sjɔ̃/

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effraction f (plural effractions)

1. breaking and entering, burglary
2. hacking
3. (medicine) effraction

• antieffraction

• “effraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.