housebreaker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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; […]"
- "[H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker."
- "The vicar seized a sword and routed the housebreaker, but it was the vicar's wife in a nightgown and coat who caught up with the fleeing intruder, slapped his face and held him by the neck."
- "A serial housebreaker who is believed to have stolen from several homes in Ang Mo Kio last month was nabbed on Tuesday."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English breaker English housebreaker From house + breaker.