cracksman

His presence in the pie pantry had been misinterpreted by a cracksman; and he, the harmless organist of Dr. Bulgerly's church, was claimed as the associate of a dangerous, perhaps notorious, thief.

From Visionaries by James Huneker

We were flattered by the attentions of a celebrated cracksman.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice

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 Will Levinrew

Next morning the suspected prisoners were searched, and the lock-picking instruments were found on the "cracksman," and there the affair ended.

From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Frank Henderson

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 William Harrison Ainsworth

On the night of Feb. 24, 1917 Spy Master Mayer's safe was rifled by expert Italian cracksmen.

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

The cracksmen keep up with the latest technology and quickly find any weak spot in a new design.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was evident, from the man's manner, that he believed his passengers were cracksmen who had just successfully carried out an enterprise of importance.

From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon