crackswoman

9.9

A woman who breaks open safes to steal valuable things

noun
/ˈkræksˌwʊmən/

Archaic

: ladrona de cajas fuertes

The police arrested a crackswoman who had broken into several high-security safes last month.

Examples

She gained notoriety as a crackswoman after a string of daring bank heists.
Reports described the suspect as a skilled crackswoman operating in the city’s financial district.
The notorious crackswoman eluded police for years before finally being captured.
The notorious crackswoman was finally caught by the police.
Many believe that the best crackswomen are highly skilled.
After her elaborate escape from prison, she quickly became known as the city’s most skilled crackswoman.
During the trial, the judge remarked on the cunning tactics used by the crackswoman in her recent thefts.

Synonyms

safecracker

vscrackswoman

4 8.9

A person who breaks into safes to steal money or other things

is specifically female rather than a general criminal who opens safes

cracksman

vscrackswoman

Archaic

1 9.9

A thief who breaks open safes to steal what is inside

is the female-specific form rather than male focused

safebreaker

vscrackswoman

9.1

A person who illegally opens safes to steal things

is a female specialist rather than a neutral occupational term

boxman

vscrackswoman

NSFW

9.9

A person who opens safes to steal things

is specifically female rather than a gender-neutral specialist

Surface Forms

crackswoman singular

crackswomen plural

Morphology

crackswoman = crack + woman (transparent) = crack + woman

The meaning 'female safecracker' is directly inferable from the known words 'crack' (in the sense 'to break open') and 'woman', following a transparent compounding pattern.

Etymology

Crackswoman comes from the common word crack meaning 'break' and from the older word cracksman for a safe-breaker, so a crackswoman is a woman who breaks open safes to steal valuables.