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Pilferer vs Cracksman - What's the difference?

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Pilferer is a related term of cracksman.


As nouns the difference between pilferer and cracksman

is that pilferer is one who has pilfered while cracksman is (archaic|informal) a burglar or safebreaker.

pilferer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who has pilfered.
  • cracksman

    English

    Noun

    (cracksmen)
  • (archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
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  • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.