British family covering up each burglary (5-2)

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break-in

'burglary' is the definition.
(break-in is a kind of burglary)

'british family covering up each' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'br'.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'covering up' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'each' becomes 'ea'.
'br'+'kin'='brkin'
'brkin' enclosing 'ea' is 'BREAK-IN'.

(Another definition for break-in that I've seen is " Criminal entry".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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