house-breaker

A form of housebreaker — A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.

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Meanings

nounhouse-breaker (plural house-breakers)

plural house-breakers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of housebreaker.

    My brother Tom, you know, is on the force, and he has been here telling us all about it; how you’ve been philanderin about with Peg Alick, the well-known house-breaker and thief.

    1888, Donn Piatt, “The Sales-Lady of the City”, in The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah and Other Tales, Chicago, Ill.; […]: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 93
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APA

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