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house-breaker

n. (alternative form of housebreaker English)

Usage examples of "house-breaker".

One feels sure that the streets of Jablanica are infested by burglars, house-breakers, footpads and other criminals of that ilk.

Both a house-breaker, who operates by daylight, and a burglar, who operates by night, would be a bit restricted in their movements if they were afflicted, respectively, by day or night blindness.