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Meanings of
housebreaker
in anglès
espanyol
rompehogares
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A wrecker of houses.
housewrecker
espanyol
rompehogares
A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house.
cat burglar
Usage of
housebreaker
in anglès
1
When I observed that a
housebreaker
was in general very timorous; JOHNSON.
2
They might as well say I was a horse-stealer or a
housebreaker
.
3
You poor specimen of a
housebreaker
,
suppose you were caught at it!
4
The darkness of the upper hallway offered no obstacle to this familiar
housebreaker
.
5
Among them lurked the
housebreaker
,
the highway robber, and the pickpocket.
6
Probably one in a thousand turns out to be a real, live
housebreaker
.
7
Another five minutes would see an experienced
housebreaker
like Birchill inside the house.
8
You were not detached from the army to find a
housebreaker
.
9
He lived a second and darker life as a desperate
housebreaker
.
10
There is something much more human about a
housebreaker
than I had fancied.
11
Mallory & Durham are two young men-a confessed rapist & a confessed
housebreaker
.
12
It was quite possible that I had missed my rendezvous with the nameless
housebreaker
.
13
It could be no trained and practised
housebreaker
;
he would have had better tools.
14
C.-
A
French
housebreaker
who had been in English prisons before.
15
After another glance round, my
housebreaker
plucked the walnut doors open and rummaged inside.
16
You're nothing better than a
housebreaker
if you enter any building about the place.
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housebreaker
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
accomplish housebreaker
adroit housebreaker
armed housebreaker
become a housebreaker
common housebreaker
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Translations for
housebreaker
espanyol
rompehogares
Housebreaker
through the time
Housebreaker
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common