safecracker

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Recent Examples of safecracker 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 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 See All Example Sentences for safecracker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safecracker
Noun
  • Overgrown shrubs can also shield burglars from street view, so trim back your foliage to deny them concealment.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The burglars were in and out of homes in minutes and left with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and luxury items.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Convenience is one of the biggest appeals to would-be thieves, so the security of a lock will be a large deterrent—especially if your bag is in plain view throughout your flight.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And just a few months before that, during a brutal heatwave, Free Press Personal Finance Columnist Susan Tompor wrote about a twist in which fraudsters used the internet to post fake numbers leading customers to the thieves.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the triple shooting would not result in homicide charges for an 18-year-old occupant of the apartment who fired back at two robbers, killing them, after another resident inside the home was gunned down.
    Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Over the next 10 days, police would track the robbers’ movements throughout the Bay Area, linking them not only to a Piedmont home burglary two days before the bombing, but to a large, sophisticated West Coast heist crew that has raked in millions.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Safecracker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safecracker. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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