| 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 |
| Concept: | Thief. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
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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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| Main Entry: | burglar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
Synonyms: |
cat burglar, crook, filcher, housebreaker, midnighter, owl, picklock, pilferer, porch-climber, prowler, robber, safecracker, sneakthief, thief |
| Main Entry: | hijacker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abductor |
Synonyms: |
carjacker, kidnapper, robber, skyjacker, terrorist, thief |
| Main Entry: | intruder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who trespasses |
Synonyms: |
burglar, criminal, gate-crasher, infiltrator, interferer, interloper, interrupter, invader, meddler, nuisance, obtruder, prowler, raider, snooper, squatter, thief, trespasser |
| Main Entry: | marauder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillager, raider |
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bandit, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, ravager, robber, thief |
| 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: | 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: | scoundrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is deceptive and |
Synonyms: |
bad news, black sheep, blackguard, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch |
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
Synonyms: |
absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con artist, confidence artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, forger, four-flusher, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster |
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philanthropist |