housewrecker

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housewrecker - a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker"

housebreaker

wrecker - someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job

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The bold heading on front page of The Province on Monday, September 27, 2004 reads "HOUSEWRECKER" and focusses on an angry 82 year old neighbour, Phyllis Collinson, who was evacuated from her house after a piece of furniture came through her window during the punk house party.

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Anyway, my dear, the hard times had cost us in other ways too: I suppose you should know Santa left me just two days short of our millennial anniversary and took up with that notorious little housewrecker, Tinker Bell.

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The Organized Crime Task Force identified fifteen New York City construction unions as controlled or strongly influenced by organized crime; these unions include Local 282 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 6A of the Cement and Concrete Workers, Local 95 of the Housewreckers Union, and the New York City and Vicinity District Council of the Carpenters Union.(23) In effect, these powerful unions determine whether a contracting firm can do business at all in New York City because they can shut down a project by withholding labor, causing labor strife or blocking the delivery of supplies.