safe-breaker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bridgers mutters, in the gruff matter of a genius ex-con safe-breaker who swore she’d given it all up but just agreed to do one last job: “Stakes are so high.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
He had all the contempt for a petty-larceny thief that the skilled safe-breaker has for the common purse-snatcher.
From 'Me--Smith' by Gayle Porter Hoskins
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