safecracker

See also: safe-cracker

English

Alternative forms

• safe-cracker

Etymology

From safe +‎ cracker.

Noun

safecracker (plural safecrackers)

1. One who breaks into safes.
   • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 281:

     His fingers were slender and delicate, an evolutionary advantage for a safecracker.

Synonyms

• yegg, yeggman, safebreaker, peterman, jug-heavy

Related terms

• safecracking

Translations

translation one who practices safecracking

• Bulgarian: касоразбивач m (kasorazbivač)
• Czech: kasař (cs) m
• Dutch: kluizenkraker m
• Finnish: kassakaappimurtaja
• German: Geldschrankknacker m
• Greek: ανοίχτρας m (anoíchtras), παραβιαστής m (paraviastís)
• Hungarian: kasszafúró (hu), mackós (hu) (slang)
• Italian: scassinatore di casseforti m, scassinatrice di casseforti f, scassinatore m, scassinatrice f
• Polish: kasiarz (pl) m
• Romanian: spărgător de seifuri m
• Russian: (slang) медвежа́тник (ru) m (medvežátnik)
• Swedish: kassaskåpssprängare c, dynamitard (sv) c (archaic)
• Turkish: kasa hırsızı