cracksman
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Bob and the cracksman had two years longer; but as they managed to secure the convict's prize, they were sent out to Australia, and were liberated, I believe, two years before me.
From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Henderson, Frank
That devil—that renegade—that fury, Cleek, the cracksman, is here.
From Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Hanshew, Thomas W.
The old cracksman had not warned him of that blinding flash or that sputtering, loud enough, so it seemed, to be heard a block away.
From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell
It’s empty now, and a cracksman trying to get into it would ruin a perfectly good safe, for nothing.”
From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
Our cracksman worked slowly and surely, laying the bricks in the bottom of the drain so as to form a floor on which to stand.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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
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
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
"There can be no doubt but that the burglary is the work of professional cracksmen."
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
