cracksman
121crack — 1. to rob By forcible entry of a building or specifically by cracking a safe, an art in which a cracksman specializes. 2. to hit or kill Not necessarily with a blow that damages the skull: I figure you cracked him in anger. (Turow …
122thief — n. 1. Pilferer, petty robber, filcher. 2. Swindler, peculator, embezzler, defrauder, sharper, defaulter. 3. Pickpocket, cutpurse, pick purse. 4. Burglar, house breaker, cracksman (cant). 5. Footpad, highwayman …
123bandit — n 1. brigand, highwayman, footpad, road agent, Sl. yegg or yeggman, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian. bushranger, desperado, picaroon; outlaw, gangster, public enemy, criminal, mafioso, mobster, racketeer; thug, ruffian, rogue,… …
124housebreaker — n burglar, robber, thief; Inf. second story man, Sl. cracksman, Brit. picklock, Raffles; sneak thief, cat burglar, prowler; stealer, purloiner, pilferer, filcher, Inf. crook, Sl. yegg or yeggman; criminal, gangster, felon …
125malefact — n 1. criminal, felon, larcener, larcenist, misdemeanant, lawbreaker; convict, Sl. jailbird, parolee, exconvict, Inf. ex con, recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit, miscreant; wrongdoer,… …
126nightwalker — n 1. noctambulist, noctambule, sleepwalker, somnambulist, somnambulator. 2. thief, burglar, housebreaker, robber; Inf. second story man, cat burglar, sneak thief, prowler; Sl. cracksman, safecracker, picklock, Raffles. 3. prostitute, whore,… …
127outlaw — n 1. fugitive, escapee, runaway, deserter, Sl. AWOL, Sl. lamster, Archaic. runagate; renegade, undesirable, Latin, persona non grata; reprobate; exile, outcast, social outcast, outcast of society, pariah, man without a country, expellee; convict …
128robber — n 1. burglar, thief, stealer, Inf. crook; housebreaker, Sl. cracksman, Brit. picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second story man; Inf. hold up man, Sl. stickup man; mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine. 2. petty thief, Sl. ripoff,… …
