housebreaker

2 definitions found

housebreaker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Housebreaker \House"break`er\, n.
     One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
     [1913 Webster]

housebreaker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  housebreaker
      n 1: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another
           person's house [syn: housebreaker, cat burglar]
      2: a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a
         housebreaker" [syn: housewrecker, housebreaker]