Word Meanings - HOUSEBREAKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.

CRIME
which is subjected to such a decision, charge, fault, crime, fr. the 1. Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law. 2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction
CRIMELESS
Free from crime; innocent. Shak.
HOUSEBREAKING
The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break.
HOUSEBREAKER
One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
GUILTY
1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment. They answered
CRIMEFUL
Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. Shak.
GUILTYLIKE
Guiltily. Shak.
FALSICRIMEN
The crime of falsifying. Note: This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though
INGUILTY
Not guilty. Bp. Hall.
BLOODGUILTY
Guilty of murder or bloodshed. "A bloodguilty life." Fairfax. -- Blood"guilt`i*ness (, n. -- Blood"guilt`less, a.
SCRIMER
A fencing master. Shak.