cracksman

Example Sentences

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He could be sure of only one thing: that never again could he be what he had been once—"the slickest cracksman in America."

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

The skill and daring of the cracksman makes him a marked man.

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles

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)

Entrance into his apartment was affected by an expert cracksman, the New York police say.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will

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