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house·break·er /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable] CRIMEa thief who enters someone else’s house by breaking locks, windows etc 〔破门入室的〕窃贼 SYN burglar —housebreaking noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpushousebreaker• Do you have an enclosed unlit porch that would give a housebreaker some cover while working on the front door lock?• But did the apartment I entered look like one into which another housebreaker had recently broken?• Must the homeowner assist the housebreaker in finding goods the latter wishes to steal?house·break·er nounChineseSyllable else’s thief house someone enters Corpus a breaking who by |