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cracksman

noun

Definition of cracksman

as in cat burglar

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The character’s nickname, Big Pussy, is rumored to have originated during his time as a cat burglar.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026
The Nuggets are a cat burglar’s dream team.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of cat burglar

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Crash-and-grab burglars targeted a Shell Gas station in Highland Park, Illinois, early Wednesday morning.

— Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
The burglars dropped the other two paintings—the 1895 Portrait of Madame Pichon and the 1905 Coco Lisant—in the garden of the museum while making their escape.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of burglar

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In another haul this year, thieves stole six 2026 model Jeep Wranglers from Oakland and Las Vegas.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
In the eighteen-seventies, after thieves began kidnapping bank managers, James Sargent invented the first commercially successful time lock.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

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In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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