| Main Entry: | pickpocket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | petty thief |
Synonyms: |
bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, finger, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, thief, wallet lifter |
| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very bad, immoral |
Synonyms: |
black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
Antonyms: |
goody-goody |
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
Synonyms: |
bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat*, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug |
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, lift*, loot, make off with, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, remove, rip off, shoplift, swipe, take, walk off with |
| Main Entry: | thief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
Synonyms: |
bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lifter, moonlighter, mugger, owl, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider, stealer, stickup artist, swindler |
| Main Entry: | larcenist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealer |
Synonyms: |
bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, highwayman, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, lifter, moonlighter, mugger, owl, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider, stickup artist, swindler, thief |
| Main Entry: | purloiner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | larcenist |
Synonyms: |
bandit*, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, highwayman, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, lifter, moonlighter, mugger, owl, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider, stealer, stickup artist, swindler |
| Main Entry: | stealer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | larcenist |
Synonyms: |
bandit*, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, highwayman, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, lifter, moonlighter, mugger, owl, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, stickup artist, swindler |
| Concept: | Thief. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
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-nouns
thief, robber, homo triumliterarum, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist., spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnapper, kidnaper, rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man [U.S.]., highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar., cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher; defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob, chevalier d'industrie; shoplifter., swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher., burglar, housebreaker; cracksman, magsman; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild.
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