forced entry
Example Sentences
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Martin Shipton, associate editor for Nation.Cymru, confirmed police forced entry into his house in Cardiff on Wednesday, and served him with a search warrant.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
In a statement, the Minneapolis police department said that "some individuals forced entry into the hotel through an alley entrance".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Few signs of forced entry were visible on Sunday at the singer's home apart from a broken doorknob, an AFP journalist observed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
All occupants of the home were able to evacuate before responding firefighters forced entry to battle the heavy blaze on the first floor and back of the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
