housebreaker
Example Sentences
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A hapless housebreaker and a credulous co-conspirator, his criminal misadventures were equaled only by his skill escaping from the dungeons and bagnes that passed for a penal system in the pre-Napoleonic era.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2011
In his bedroom there stood a wardrobe constructed by William Brodie, and young Stevenson's nanny would tell him the story of Brodie, who had been a respected citizen by day but housebreaker by night.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010
In Thief, the subject for study is Jean-Paul Belmondo, an impenitent housebreaker operating in the gleaming fin de siecle Paris of Lautrec and Bonnard.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Emma Snow reported that a housebreaker rearranged all her furniture while she was out, made off with four albums of Brahms, Schubert and Tchaikovsky recordings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your friend and apprentice housebreaker, Denna, pstscrpt—Please rest assured that I did not notice the disgraceful condition of your bed linens, and did not judge your character thereby.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
