Wrecker

The Wrecker, wrecker or wrecking may refer to:

• Wrecking (shipwreck) is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered near or close to shore
• Wrecker (comics) is a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Wrecking (Soviet crime) was a crime of industrial or economic sabotage
• Wreckers (Transformers) are a sub-team of Autobots in the fictional Transformers Universe
• The Wreckers are a musical country duo
• The Wrecker (novel), written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne in 1892 about a shipwreck.
• The Wreckers (opera), composed by Ethel Smyth and staged in 1906.
• The Wrecker, written by Arnold Ridley in 1924.
• The Wrecker (1928 film), a 1928 film based on Ridley's play
• The Wrecker (1933 film), a 1933 film
• The Wrecker (2009 novel), a 2009 novel by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
• Wrecking, a synonym for demolition

Wrecker may also be:

• A vehicle used to tow away broken-down cars, see tow truck
• A person who participates in sabotage
• A wrecker is a person or ship used for hauling away material from shipwrecks, whether lawfully or unlawfully

See also

• The Wreckers (disambiguation)
• Wrecking amendment is made by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a Bill and who seek to make it useless.
• Wrecking yard is an auto salvage yard.
• Receiver of Wreck is an official of the British government.
• Vehicle recovery The European name for Wrecking when applied to vehicles.