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cracksman

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cracksman [ˈkræksmən]
n pl -men
Slang a burglar, esp a safe-breaker
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Noun1.cracksmancracksman - a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
safebreaker, safecracker
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Translations
cracksman
n pl <-men> (sl) → Safeknacker m (inf)


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You'll be a fine young cracksman afore the old file now.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
This person appears to have been none other that Beddington, the famous forger and cracksman, who, with his brother, had only recently emerged from a five years' spell of penal servitude.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
"Give it up - whatever it is," he said in an admonishing tone, but not so kindly as if he were condescending to give good advice to a cracksman of repute.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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