safecracker

noun

Definition of safecrackernext
as in burglar

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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. — 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 The film is most engaging when Sebastian, who’s basically presented as the genius safecracker of all time, stands before one of these contraptions without knowing anything about it and figures out how to open it. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for safecracker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safecracker
  1. burglar
  2. thief
  3. robber
  4. embezzler
Noun
  • Saquon Barkley and his family are unharmed after at least one burglar entered the Philadelphia Eagles star’s home with them inside early Saturday morning, according to the Tredyffrin Township Police Department.
    — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The New Evidence also devotes time to the defense theory that Laci encountered the burglars who robbed the home of across-the-street neighbors Rudy and Susan Medina.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Definition of burglar
Noun
  • That filtering suggests the thieves want compact files that may contain credentials or financial records.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • More than 400,000 KitKat bars, some 12 tons of chocolate, had vanished while being transported from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to its destination in Poland, after thieves made off with the truck.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of thief
Noun
  • An armed robber from Brooklyn named David Brumetti opened another hole in the prosecution case.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Police identified the robber as Best after a teller gave a description of the robber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
Definition of robber
Noun
  • To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of embezzler

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