safecracker

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In came Santo, Perkins, safecracker Baxter Shorter and John True, whose self-serving account of what happened would be adopted as fact by the authorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

According to Charlie Santore, a Los Angeles-based safe technician whom the Atlantic once deemed “the safecracker of last resort,” there are hundreds of safe manufacturers making thousands of different kinds of safes.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2022

A trailer for Army of the Dead’s prequel The prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead isn’t actually about zombies but instead follows the origin story of safecracker Dieter.

From The Verge • Sep. 25, 2021

“A Retrieved Reformation” opens with the ace safecracker Jimmy Valentine working in a prison shoe shop.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

What was Beverly Tapinski—the safecracker, the lock picker, the gravel beater—doing sitting on Alice Nebbley’s bed, holding her hand, telling her it would be okay, and humming to her?

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo