brott

a break, a snap; an instance of something breaking off
a breaking, a fracture; the point where something has broken off
a crime (act that breaks the law)
Nisse begick ett brott
Nisse committed a crime

ett grovt brott
a serious crime
(chiefly in compounds) a quarry (where minerals are "broken" out of the rock)
a breaker (wave breaking into foam (indicating an underwater hazard))
- 1971, Contact (lyrics and music), “Fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]:
  Fyrvaktarn [fyrvaktaren] seglar sin dotter mot land, till bröllop i vårstormens hotfulla dån. Blicken har skumnat, han ser inte brotten. Kostern går under, ett skrik genom stormen. Och klockorna hörs vagt från kyrkan i Dyrö. De ringer för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter.
  The lighthouse keeper sails his daughter toward land, to a weeding in the menacing roar of the spring storm. His gaze has clouded, he cannot see the breakers. The koster [type of wide sailboat] goes down, a scream through the storm. And the bells are dimly heard from the church in Dyrö. They are ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.
(by extension, usually in the plural) a shoal, a shallow (place where breakers regularly occur)

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