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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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The would-be burglars left behind a lot of damage at the liquor store before driving off in a gray hatchback.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Des Cars has acknowledged that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras monitoring the building's perimeter.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Douglas County commissioners passed a measure Tuesday that requires hundreds of retail stores in unincorporated parts of the county to file a report with law enforcement when thieves rip them off.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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In Barcelona, Cindy was alert enough to ward off a would-be thief tugging on her tote bag.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Responding officers headed to the scene spotted two men matching the description of the robbers and arrested both in the area of the Sox-35th Red Line station around 15 minutes after the robbery, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 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 27 Feb. 2026.
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