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One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

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  1. n. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
  2. n. One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West.
  3. n. A vessel employed by wreckers.
  4. n. someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
  5. n. someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
  6. n. a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
  7. 1. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like. 2. One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West. 3. A vessel employed by wreckers.
  8. n:100 n. someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job