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Noun: housewrecker  'haws,re-kur
Usage: US (elsewhere: housebreaker)
  1. A wrecker of houses
    - housebreaker [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
    - housebreaker [Brit, Cdn], cat burglar

Derived forms: housewreckers

Type of: burglar, wrecker, yegg [N. Amer, informal]