(historical) A London broker who swore before the court of aldermen to maintain honesty in dealing.

plural of sworn broker

past participle of break and enter

The practice of assigning police resources to deal with otherwise unattended urban decay, suggested by broken windows theory.

(simile, humorous, dated) Extremely impoverished.

plural of broken man

(UK, historical) An outlaw, especially one inhabiting the Highlands and border country. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, man.

past participle of break with

Synonym of Landolt C

plural of Landolt broken ring