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Thief vs Cracksman - What's the difference?

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Thief is a related term of cracksman.


As nouns the difference between thief and cracksman

is that thief is one who has carried out a theft while cracksman is (archaic|informal) a burglar or safebreaker.

thief

English

Noun

(thieves)
  • One who has carried out a theft.
  • (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Hyponyms

    * burglar * cat burglar * mugger * robber * pickpocket

    Related terms

    * thieve * thief in law

    Derived terms

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals

    cracksman

    English

    Noun

    (cracksmen)
  • (archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
  • *
    • 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.