Cracksman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cracksman is a noun meaning (archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
Meaning
(archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
Example Sentences
The fraudulent clerk and the flash “cracksman” interchanged experiences.
The bank cracksmen who looted the national bank at Northampton were traced by a piece of wrapping paper picked up in an abandoned schoolhouse.
She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Word Forms
- cracksmen
Synonyms for cracksman
Depending on context, synonyms include safecracker, safebreaker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include safebreaker, safecracker, crack, crackie, caseman, crossman.
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