safe-breaker

noun

1. a person who breaks open and robs safes Also calledsafe-cracker

Example Sentences

Bridgers mutters, in the gruff matter of a genius ex-con safe-breaker who swore she’d given it all up but just agreed to do one last job: “Stakes are so high.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Today the safe-breaker no longer requires those beautifully fashioned, delicate yet powerful tools which were formerly both the admiration and the despair of the safe manufacturer. For the introduction of nitroglycerine, ‘soup’ in technical parlance, has not only obviated onerous labor, but has again enabled the safe-cracking industry to gain a step on the safe-making one.

From Scientific American

As Lord Advocate, he tried to resolve the apparent miscarriage of justice arising from the Glasgow safe-breaker Patrick Meehan's conviction for the murder of 72-year-old Rachel Ross during a burglary at her Ayr home in 1969 - only to be threatened with impeachment.

From BBC

The new British-produced film stars Jude Law as a safe-breaker back on the London streets after 12 years in jail and travelling to the south of France to get back money he's owed.

From The Guardian

The “things” referred to were an oxy-acetylene gas-jet, and a number of the latest inventions of burglarious tools—indeed, all the equipment of the expert safe-breaker.

From Project Gutenberg