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 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
Obviously Pierman was in his patrol car, but obviously he was investigating no housebreaker, collaring no stray dog.
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
