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safecracker


safe·crack·er

noun \ˈsāf-ˌkra-kər\

Definition of SAFECRACKER

: one that breaks open safes to steal
— safe·crack·ing \-kiŋ\ noun
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Examples of SAFECRACKER

  1. The bank was robbed by a professional safecracker.

First Known Use of SAFECRACKER

circa 1825

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with SAFECRACKER

attacker, backpacker, bushwhacker, carjacker, comebacker, fast-tracker, firecracker, greenbacker, hijacker, kayaker, linebacker, nutcracker, racetracker, ransacker, shellcracker, skyjacker, unpacker, wisecracker

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