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pilferer
| Main Entry: |
pilferer
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| 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: | 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: | looter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | criminal, marauder, pilferer, pillager, plunderer, raider, ransacker, ravager, spoiler |
| Main Entry: | prowler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | burglar, crook, housebreaker, lurker, pilferer, robber, sneakthief |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raider |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | bandit, buccaneer, freebooter, highwayman, hijacker, looter, marauder, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, privateer, rustler |
| Main Entry: | kleptomaniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealer |
| Synonyms: | criminal, pilferer, shoplifter, thief |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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