housebreaking

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Housebreaking pandemic puppies during quarantine or socializing sensitive shelter dogs at a distance only amplified their distress.

From Washington Post

To kids, an R rating for violence is like the Parental Advisory on CDs: a Good Housebreaking Seal of Approval.

From Time Magazine Archive

Housebreaking in English law is to be distinguished from burglary, in that it is not essential that it should be committed at night, nor in a dwelling-house.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

"Housebreaking is entirely out of my province," Tranter objected.

From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon