robber

robber
n
1. burglar, thief, stealer, Inf. crook; housebreaker, Sl. cracksman, Brit. picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second-story man; Inf. hold-up man, Sl. stickup man; mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine.
2. petty thief, Sl. ripoff, pilferer, filcher, purloiner, shoplifter, Sl. ganef; Psychol. kleptomaniac; pickpocket, cutpurse, purse-snatcher, Sl. dip.
3. highwayman, footpad, Sl. yegg or yeggman, bandit, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian. bushranger, brigand, picaroon, desperado; outlaw, gangster, criminal, mafioso; thug, ruffian, rogue, (in India and Burma) dacoit.
4. pirate, rover, viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; kidnaper, abductor, rustler, hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate; predator.
5. poacher, deerjacker; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger.
6. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider.
7. swindler, fleecer, trickster, bilker, sharper, Inf. hawk, cardsharp, bunko steersman, blackleg; confidence man, con artist, flimflam artist, racketeer, highbinder, thimblerigger, Brit. Si. magsman, Australian. spieler; defaulter, Sl. welsher; embezzler, peculator.
8. forger, counterfeiter, Brit. Inf. coiner; plagiarist, plagiarizer, Inf. cheater.

A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.

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