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SAFEBREAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safebreaker mean?
• SAFEBREAKER (noun)
The noun SAFEBREAKER has 1 sense:
1. a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
Familiarity information: SAFEBREAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cracksman; safebreaker; safecracker
Hypernyms ("safebreaker" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
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