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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pilferer |
| 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, pirate, plunderer, porch climber, prowler, punk*, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sniper, spider, stealer, stickup artist, swindler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Thief. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
| Synonyms: |
-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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