In England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The housebreaker freed one arm, and grasped his pistol. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
Relying on your experience as a housebreaker, no doubt?. From Wordnik.com. [The Blackstone Key] Reference
He lived a second and darker life as a desperate housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Father Brown Omnibus]
They might as well say I was a horse-stealer or a housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
C. -- A French housebreaker who had been in English prisons before. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
Meet Dapper Dawson, son — housebreaker, petty crook, and con man. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
Probably one in a thousand turns out to be a real, live housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
‘Whew!’ said the housebreaker wiping the perspiration from his face. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
The Life of JOHN DYER, a most notorious thief, highwayman and housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
It was quite possible that I had missed my rendezvous with the nameless housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [Trumps of Doom]
The more she regarded him, the stronger in her mind became the idea of the housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
He has the memory of a convict, the balls of a fireman, and the eyesight of a housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon] Reference
A long time for a getaway by a housebreaker or car thief. on April 21, 2010 at 2: 57 pm Finger Moose. From Wordnik.com. [Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
"Take that burly housebreaker, bind him, and put him to the test," were the instructions they received. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
At length turning housebreaker he was committed for feloniously stealing five pounds out of the house of. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Why do you assume that, being an accomplished housebreaker, I haven't also perfected the art of forgery?. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 135] Reference
The pickpocket, the gambler, the housebreaker, must do it before they can attain skill in their depravity. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Character] Reference
But instead of remembering, she held on to the fool notion he was either a housebreaker or a hallucination. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting]
"I don't know who you think you are, other than a common housebreaker, but you will leave this museum immediately.". From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
What honest man, on being casually taken for a housebreaker, does not feel rather tickled than vexed at the mistake?. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
Amongst the rest of Barton's acquaintance there was one Yorkshire Bob, who was reckoned the most adroit housebreaker in town. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
If you want to become a housebreaker, here's a tip: Get yourself an orange T-shirt says "Meter Reader" on the back, and a clipboard. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-04-01] Reference
If she was this afraid of him, thinking he was a housebreaker, how much more terrified would she be once — if — he revealed the truth?. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting]
The "accomplished housebreaker" had not been arrested. From Wordnik.com. [The Eustace Diamonds] Reference
It was not necessary, therefore, to become a housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia] Reference
'First and foremost, Faguey,' said the housebreaker, 'how's Bill?'. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
'Whew!' said the housebreaker wiping the perspiration from his face. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
“He would merely have you arrested as a housebreaker,” said the Cherub. From Wordnik.com. [The Car of Destiny] Reference
There is something much more human about a housebreaker than I had fancied. From Wordnik.com. [Deerbrook] Reference
There's every sort of thief among his lodgers, from a pickpocket to a housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
Who knows that he mayn't be a murderer, or a housebreaker, or a utterer of forged notes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush] Reference
I do declare I felt azactly like a housebreaker; -- and no soul to notice what you carries. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
The site, called Please Rob Me, launched this week and has been criticised for being the perfect tool for any self-respecting housebreaker. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
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