noun
- the act or practice of opening a safe illegally, especially by manipulating the lock mechanism
Usage: criminal activity
Examples
- The detective found evidence of safecracking at the crime scene.
- Modern safes are designed to resist safecracking attempts.
- He was arrested for safecracking and theft.
- The movie featured an elaborate safecracking sequence.
- Security experts study safecracking techniques to improve safe design.
- The burglar’s safecracking skills were surprisingly sophisticated.