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housebreaker

house·break·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hous-brey-ker]
    • /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪ kər/
    • /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪ.kər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hous-brey-ker]
    • /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪ kər/

Definitions of housebreaker word

  • noun housebreaker a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent. 1
  • noun housebreaker British. a worker or wrecking company that demolishes houses and buildings, as to make room for new construction. a person who buys doors, paneled walls, etc., from standing houses, to sell as antiques; a person who dismantles a house of its valuable parts before it is torn down. 1
  • noun housebreaker A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. 1
  • countable noun housebreaker A housebreaker is someone who enters another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions. 0
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Origin of housebreaker

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English. See house, breaker1

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Parts of speech for Housebreaker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Housebreaker

housebreaker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for housebreaker

noun housebreaker

  • crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
  • thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
  • robber — a person who robs.
  • prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
  • pilferer — petty thief
All 66 Synonyms of housebreaker

Antonyms for housebreaker

noun housebreaker

  • police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • law — software law
All 2 Antonyms of housebreaker

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