Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who breaks, opens, and enters a house with felonious intent.
- noun Same as
house-wrecker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
criminal who breaks into and enters another'shouse orpremises with the intent of committing acrime .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wrecker of houses
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
Etymologies
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Examples
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What the Express wants people to think is that the sterotypical burglar they use the archaic term 'housebreaker' who forces entry to a home and steals valuables will get a community penalty.
Archive 2008-07-01 Bystander 2008
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What the Express wants people to think is that the sterotypical burglar they use the archaic term 'housebreaker' who forces entry to a home and steals valuables will get a community penalty.
Deliberate Misinformation Bystander 2008
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"housebreaker" was Mr. Gates himself, who had lost the key to his front door.
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A long time for a getaway by a housebreaker or car thief. on April 21, 2010 at 2: 57 pm Finger Moose
Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The look the blonde—Dolly—gave the housebreaker was unmistakably coquettish this time.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Had it not been for the fortuitous presence of that impossibly handsome housebreaker . . .
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Swallowing hard, Beth searched the shadowy darkness for the housebreaker.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Beth could feel the frantic tug of their hands on the domino even as the housebreaker determinedly drew her on toward the water.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Having pushed them before him through a door he had somehow managed to open in the dark, her handsome housebreaker, whose appearance on the scene was proving as miraculous as it was astounding, was now bringing up the rear.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Some nodded agreement, while others gave the housebreaker the same kind of nervous looks they had been casting toward the waves.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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