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safebreaker

safebreaker

9.1
A person who illegally opens safes to steal things
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪfˌbreɪkər/
translation icon : ladrón de cajas fuertes
  • Police suspected that the bank's vault was opened by a professional safebreaker.

Examples

  • Old crime films often feature a safebreaker working at midnight with a stethoscope and steady hands.

  • The notorious safebreaker was finally caught after a string of high-profile heists.

  • The safebreaker was caught red-handed.

  • Many safebreakers operate in the shadows.

  • Old crime films often feature a safebreaker working at midnight with a stethoscope and steady hands.

  • Police suspected that the bank's vault was opened by a professional safebreaker.

  • The notorious safebreaker was finally caught after a string of high-profile heists.

Synonyms

thief
vssafebreaker
754 1.0

A person who takes someone else's things without permission

is used for someone who breaks containers often using force to steal valuables
safecracker
vssafebreaker
4 8.9

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

is used for someone who does this as their criminal occupation
yegg
vssafebreaker
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who breaks into places like banks to steal from safes

is the neutral term for someone who does this as an occupation
larcenist
vssafebreaker
  • Archaic
1 9.2

A person who steals things

is specifically used for people who break secure containers to steal valuables
cracksman
vssafebreaker
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A thief who breaks open safes to steal what is inside

is the general term not limited to one gender
crackswoman
vssafebreaker
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who breaks open safes to steal valuable things

is the general term used for any gender
boxman
vssafebreaker
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who opens safes to steal things

is the broader term for anyone who performs this criminal action

Surface Forms

safebreaker singular
safebreakers plural

Morphology

safebreaker = safe + breaker (transparent) = safe + break + er

Formed by compounding 'safe' + 'breaker' (breaker = break + -er); the meaning 'person who breaks safes' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Safebreaker comes from joining safe ('protected') and breaker ('one who breaks'), so it literally names someone who breaks a safe. That's why a safebreaker is a person who opens safes by force to steal valuables.