cracksman
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It was then they learned that an expert cracksman had entered, that an expert had opened the safe without blowing it open or forcing it open.
From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will
The cracksman, instead of a black mask, put on a calf-skin waistcoat and a bottle-nose, and that passed muster for Cox by moonlight; it puzzled Cox by moonlight, and deceived Gardiner by moonlight.
From International Short Stories English by Various
"It has been amusing to play the part you assigned me of amateur cracksman, but really, I'm afraid, it can't be done without a better make-up."
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
All we regret is, that we are now degenerated from the grand tobyman to the cracksman and the sneak, about whom there are no redeeming features.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I've seen many Page 268a clever cracksman, but never one like him.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cracksmen keep up with the latest technology and quickly find any weak spot in a new design.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two reformed cracksmen are unjustly accused of the theft and are severely put to it to prove their innocence when the very pearls turn up in their apartments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jason Statham, ever the East End Bruce Willis, leads the amateur cracksmen as they get tangled in about 56 subplots involving MI5, good and bad cops, porn dealers, black radicals and jealous wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
A thief, who—" "I don't mind, personally," interrupted Jimmy, "but I hope, if ever you mix with cracksmen, you won't go calling them thieves.
From The Intrusion of Jimmy by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
