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housebreakers

housebreakers is the plural of housebreaker.

Meaning of housebreaker

Noun

housebreaker (plural housebreakers)

  1. A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
    • […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
    Synonyms:
    drummer

Questions about housebreakers

What is housebreakers the plural of?
Housebreakers is the plural of housebreaker.

Words near housebreakers in the dictionary

  1. houseboundness
  2. houseboy
  3. houseboys
  4. housebreak
  5. housebreaker
  6. housebreakers
  7. housebreaking
  8. housebreakings
  9. housebreaks
  10. housebroke
  11. housebroken

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