cracksman
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cracksmen
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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
Who knew what eminent defaulter or renowned cracksman was fleeing the city in dark disguise?
From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
I thought possibly you knew of some reformed cracksman who would do this one favor for me just to tide things over.
From R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs
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
That was just his blague; he was having a good time, pretending to be what you took him for--an amateur cracksman; he made up that story to fool you.
From Nobody by W. L. Jacobs
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
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
"There can be no doubt but that the burglary is the work of professional cracksmen."
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
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