housebreaker

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English breaker English housebreaker From house + breaker.

1. A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.

   “[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]”

   “[H]e is dressed in such a rapscallion manner that the people would think you were talking to a house-breaker.”