English Explanatory Dictionary

hamesucken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose.

Word forms

hamesucken hamesuckens haimsucken

Etymology

From Old English hāmsōcn, literally "home-seeking, an attack upon a house; also the fine exacted for this". Compare German Heimsuchung.

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