cracksman

[ kraks-muhn ]

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noun,plural cracks·men.Slang.

burglar; housebreaker.

Origin of cracksman

First recorded in 1805–15; crack + -s³ + man

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How to use cracksman in a sentence

The skill and daring of the cracksman makes him a marked man.
American Sketches | Charles Whibley
Martin Thimblethorpe, then, was the solitary cracksman, and your real name is Dobbs?
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
But the cracksman must have fallen out with his own likeness as Iago, for his thumb-nail was clean as a whistle.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
His head was drawn down through the bars and he nuzzled a soft substance on the cracksman's breast.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
The turnkey hanging helpless into the cracksman's cell, his body outlined against the lantern, caused him to start back.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

British Dictionary definitions for cracksman

cracksman

/ (ˈkræksmən) /

nounplural -men

slang a burglar, esp a safe-breaker

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