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| Main Entry: | thief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip*, criminal, crook, hijacker, kleptomaniac, mugger, pickpocket, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, robber, sniper, swindler, defalcator, embezzler, heister, highway robber, holdup artist, housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, lifter, moonlighter, owl*, pilferer, porch climber, purloiner, scrounger, shoplifter, spider, stealer, stickup artist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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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, prowler, robber, thief, filcher, housebreaker, midnighter, owl*, picklock, pilferer, porch-climber, safecracker, sneakthief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hijacker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abductor |
| Synonyms: | kidnapper, robber, terrorist, thief, carjacker, skyjacker |
| Main Entry: | intruder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who trespasses |
| Synonyms: | burglar, criminal, infiltrator, interloper, invader, meddler, nuisance, prowler, raider, squatter, thief, trespasser, gate-crasher, interferer, interrupter, obtruder, snooper |
| Main Entry: | marauder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillager, raider |
| Synonyms: | bandit, buccaneer, corsair, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, robber, thief, freebooter, ravager |
| Main Entry: | pickpocket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | petty thief |
| Synonyms: | dipper, finger, thief, bag snatcher, cutpurse, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, wallet lifter |
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cat burglar, cheat*, chiseler*, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, fence, fraud, hijacker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, stickup, swindler, thief, thug, cardsharper, cattle thief, despoiler, forager, grafter, holdup artist, housebreaker, pilferer, pillager, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
| Synonyms: | absconder, charlatan, cheat, chiseler, clip, con artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, forger, fraud, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scoundrel, sharp, thief, trickster, cheater, confidence artist, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, four-flusher, gouger, scammer, shark, sharper, slicker |
| Antonyms: | philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | vandal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who defiles property |
| Synonyms: | destroyer, hoodlum, looter, mischief-maker, pirate, plunderer, thief, defacer, despoiler, pillager, ravager |
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