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"text": "Alternative forms: house breaker, house-breaker"
},
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"ref": "1968 November 19, “‘Infuriated’ vicar's wife routs interloper”, in Montreal Gazette, Canada, retrieved 2010-09-21, page 9",
"text": "The vicar seized a sword and routed the housebreaker, but it was the vicar's wife in a nightgown and coat who caught up with the fleeing intruder, slapped his face and held him by the neck.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2009 May 20, “Serial housebreaker nabbed”, in AsiaOne, Singapore, retrieved 2010-09-21",
"text": "A serial housebreaker who is believed to have stolen from several homes in Ang Mo Kio last month was nabbed on Tuesday.",
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"A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "criminal",
"word": "asuntomurtaja"
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"word": "διαρρήκτης"
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