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noun
An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable, usually
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History
From Old English hāmsōcn, literally "home-seeking, an attack upon a house; also the fine exacted for this". Compare German Heimsuchung.
