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house·break·er

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–noun

1.	a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.

British.

a.	a worker or wrecking company that demolishes houses and buildings, as to make room for new construction.

b.	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.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME. See house, breaker¹

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housebreaking, noun

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house·break·ing Audio Help (hous'brā'kĭng) Pronunciation Key
n. The act of unlawfully breaking into and entering another's house.

house'break'er n.

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

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ˈhousebreaker noun

a person who breaks into a house in order to steal

Arabic:	لِص مَنازِل
Chinese (Simplified):	侵入他人住宅者
Chinese (Traditional):	侵入他人住宅者
Czech:	bytový zloděj
Danish:	indbrudstyv
Dutch:	inbreker, insluiper
Estonian:	murdvaras
Finnish:	murtovaras
French:	cambrioleur, *-euse
German:	der Einbrecher
Greek:	διαρρήκτης
Hungarian:	betörő
Icelandic:	innbrotsþjófur
Indonesian:	pembobol rumah
Italian:	scassinatore

Japanese:	押込み強盗
Korean:	가택 침입자
Latvian:	kramplauzis
Lithuanian:	įsilaužėlis
Norwegian:	innbruddstyv
Polish:	włamywacz
Portuguese (Brazil):	ladrão, arrombador
Portuguese (Portugal):	ladrão
Romanian:	spărgător (de case)
Russian:	грабитель-взломщик
Slovak:	vlamač, vykrádač bytov, domov
Slovenian:	vlomilec
Spanish:	ladrón
Swedish:	inbrottstjuv
Turkish:	ev hırsızı