The bank was robbed by a professional safecracker.
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In the end, staff at the Capitol had to hire a safecracker and jimmy the thing.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026 In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Jan. 2023 All that’s missing is a safecracker spinning dials and listening for a telltale click.—
Morgan Krakow,
Anchorage Daily News,
14 Feb. 2022 Saul is, first and foremost, a rhetorical safecracker.—New York Times,
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