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Recent Examples of safecracker
Army of Thieves stars Sebastian, a character who was a somewhat minor part of the team in Army of the Dead, a safecracker named Dieter.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
The latter, played by Matthias Schweighofer, is a genius safecracker.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 29 Oct. 2021
The main holdover from the first film is German actor/director Matthias Schweighöfer, who played the safecracker Dieter, and not only stars in the film but directs it.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
Following his Oscar-winning doc Navalny, Roher pivots to narrative features with this heist thriller about a gifted piano tuner turned safecracker.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
The latter, played by Matthias Schweighofer, is a genius safecracker.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 29 Oct. 2021
The main holdover from the first film is German actor/director Matthias Schweighöfer, who played the safecracker Dieter, and not only stars in the film but directs it.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
Following his Oscar-winning doc Navalny, Roher pivots to narrative features with this heist thriller about a gifted piano tuner turned safecracker.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for safecracker
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Ray Reynolds Financial Services Instead, the burglar grabbed two cameras that the Reynolds say are worth about $20,000.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The burglar suffered a wound to the right calf, and was taekn to UChicago Medicine where he was listed in good condition, police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The alleged thieves ripped bronze plaques and grave markers from headstones and walls of the cemetery's mausoleum.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The city of Los Angeles is about to raise property tax bills because thieves and vandals won’t stop ransacking the city’s infrastructure to steal copper wire.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Many South African farms are ringed in barbed wire and outfitted with security cameras; one of the migrants told me a story about confronting armed robbers.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The result — from the tunnels carved out by tomb robbers to the trains that run day and night — is a cinematic gift for the senses and specifically, to paraphrase one of the more philosophical characters, about our understanding of time’s ability to both preserve and destroy.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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In 1930, Whitney, the scion of a prominent New England family, became the president of the stock exchange, but he was ultimately exposed as an embezzler and served more than three years in Sing Sing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Safecracker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safecracker. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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