- brigand
- n1. outlaw, gangster, criminal, mafioso; thug, ruffian, Inf. mugger, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Australian Sl. larrikin; rogue, picaro, (in India and Burma) dacoit; highwayman, footpad, Sl. yegg or yeggman, bandit, bravo, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian. bushranger, picaroon, desperado; pickpocket, pursesnatcher, shoplifter, thief, robber.2. pirate, sea dog, sea wolf, viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer, freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran.3. kidnapper, abductor, (usu. of cattle) rustler; hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate, terrorist.4. smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger; Inf. poacher, deerjacker.5. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator, vandal; predator, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.