Definition of Yegg

a thief who is skilled in breaking open safes

Examples of Yegg in a sentence

Using his safe-cracking skills, the yegg was able to steal all of the money out of the man’s hiding spot.  🔊

The yegg moved from pick-pocketing for a living to breaking into safes in the homes of his wealthy clients.  🔊

Brenda swore she wasn’t a yegg even though she was arrested for cracking the code on the bank’s largest safe.  🔊

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