Meaning of Housebreaker | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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“[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]”

“[H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think⟳ you were talking to a house-breaker.”

“The vicar seized a sword and routed the housebreaker, but it was the vicar's wife in a nightgown and coat who caught up with the fleeing intruder, slapped his face⟳ and held him by the neck.”

“A serial housebreaker who is believed to have⟳ stolen from several homes in Ang Mo Kio last⟳ month was nabbed on Tuesday.”

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