Noun
One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.
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.
A vessel employed by wreckers.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo pillager or wrecker had been there; It seemed that time had passed on otherwhere, Nor laid a finger on this hidden place Rich with the wealth of some forgotten race. William Morris
For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard. Bonnie Jo Campbell
A Canadian man was cited for driving on a closed road after sideswiping a snowplow and wrecker truck Saturday morning while Interstate 94 was shut down, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a press release. Source: Internet
After most of the Africans and the Spanish crewmen had been transferred to wrecker vessels, the Spanish crewmen commandeered two of the ships and sailed to Cuba with most of the Africans. Source: Internet
Even so, the average annual income of an ordinary seaman on a wrecker was about ₤20. Source: Internet
Arthur Roberts, center, in 1949 with his sons Roy, left, and Melvin at their first service station and wrecker service. Source: Internet