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
He did not think, he said, that a policeman would be very effective if, on seeing a housebreaker, he would first have to call a meeting of the town council to get a warrant.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now suppose that you were, in truth, the owner of that house, and could not still get in; and think there was to you no conscience of the housebreaker, what would you do?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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