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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, thief |
| Synonyms: | cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark, shyster, swindler, villain |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
| Main Entry: | gangster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in illegal activities |
| Synonyms: | Mafioso, bandit, bruiser, criminal, crook, dealer, desperado, goon, hit person, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, member of the family, mobster, pusher, racketeer, robber, ruffian, soldier*, thug, tough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hijacker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abductor |
| Synonyms: | carjacker, kidnapper, robber, skyjacker, terrorist, thief |
| Main Entry: | marauder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillager, raider |
| Synonyms: | bandit, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, ravager, robber, thief |
| Main Entry: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is running from the law |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, con, criminal, crook, desperado, drifter, ex-con, fugitive, gangster, gunslinger, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, jailbird, marauder, mobster, mug, outcast, pariah, racketeer, robber, wrong number |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prowler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | burglar, crook, housebreaker, lurker, pilferer, robber, sneakthief |
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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