Housebreaker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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