thief

thief
n
1. pilferer, filcher, Sl. ripoff or rip-off artist, purloiner, stealer, Inf. crook, Sl. ganef; shoplifter, pickpocket, cutpurse, purse-snatcher, light-fingered Louie, Sl. dip; Psychol. kleptomaniac.
2. burglar, robber, housebreaker, Sl. cracksman, picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second-story man; Inf. hold-up man, Sl. stick-up man, mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine.
3. swindler, fleecer, bilker, rook, trickster, sharper, Inf. hawk, cardsharper, bunko steersman, blackleg; confidence man, con artist, flimflam artist, racketeer, highbinder, thimblerigger, Brit. Sl. magsman, Australian. spieler; defaulter, Sl. welsher; embezzler, peculator.
4. 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.
5. kidnapper, abductor, rustler; hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate; pirate, rover, viking, corsair, privateer, buccaneer; marauder, freebooter, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran.
6. poacher, deerjacker; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger; fence.
7. extortioner, extortionist, blackmailer; usurer, loan shark, Sl. bleeder.
8. forger, counterfeiter, Brit. Inf. coiner; plagiarist, plagiarizer, Inf. cheater, Inf. copier.

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