housebreaker
1
7.6
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkər/
- UK
:
ladrón
Examples
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The thought of being a housebreaker sort of spoils things.
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A housebreaker is a crook.
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He's certain it was a housebreaker.
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I didn't know you were a thief and a housebreaker too, Mr. Waring.
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She's straightforward, she doesn't want to be a housebreaker.
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We are not housebreakers.
Fiction book (1990) -
The moonlight filtered through the branches of the trees as we five housebreakers, in faith to Field's lead, traversed the forested park.
Fiction book (1990) -
The police caught the housebreaker as he tried to escape with stolen jewelry.
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After the housebreaker was arrested, the neighborhood felt much safer.
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She was terrified when she realized a housebreaker had entered her home while she was sleeping.
Synonyms
754
1.0
A person who takes someone else's things without permission
240
3.9
A person who enters a place without permission to steal or harm people
110
1.4
A person who enters a building without permission to steal things
11
3.8
A person who does things that are against the law
8
7.1
A person who quietly climbs into buildings through upper windows or roofs to steal things
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housebreaker comes from the common words house and breaker. It literally means someone who 'breaks' into a home, so it is another word for a burglar who enters a house to steal.