noun
Meaning 1
One who breaks into safes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
safecracker
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General-American: /ˈseɪfˌkɹækɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: safebreaker, cracksman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
History
Etymology
From safe + cracker.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: касоразбивач (kasorazbivač) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Czech: kasař — translation one who practices safecracking
- Dutch: kluizenkraker — translation one who practices safecracking
- Finnish: kassakaappimurtaja — translation one who practices safecracking
- German: Geldschrankknacker — translation one who practices safecracking
- Greek: ανοίχτρας (anoíchtras) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Greek: παραβιαστής (paraviastís) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Hungarian: kasszafúró — translation one who practices safecracking
- Hungarian: mackós — translation one who practices safecracking
- Italian: scassinatore (di casseforti) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Italian: scassinatrice (di casseforti) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Polish: kasiarz — translation one who practices safecracking
- Romanian: spărgător de seifuri — translation one who practices safecracking
- Russian: медвежа́тник (medvežátnik) — translation one who practices safecracking
- Swedish: kassaskåpssprängare — translation one who practices safecracking
- Swedish: dynamitard — translation one who practices safecracking
- Turkish: kasa hırsızı — translation one who practices safecracking