A housebreaker is someone who enters another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions. = burglar. a thief who enters someone else's house by breaking locks, windows etc = burglar
{i} breaking and entering, act of breaking into a house intending to steal something; demolition of old homes, burglary; dismantling or demolishing of old houses
Housebreaking is the crime of entering another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions. = burglary