The definition of a thief is a person who takes something without permission or without the owner knowing.
A burglar who is especially skilled at stealthy or undetected entry of a premises.
One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
second-story worker
Anyone who steals, cheats, exploits, etc.
One who steals compulsively.
cattle thief
paper hanger
bank-robber
One who assaults with intent to rob
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A technique that exploits a flaw or hidden feature in a video game or computer program.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who swindles; cheat
shanghaier
(Military, naval) A warship which is light, maneuverable, and fast-moving.
A rough, brutal hoodlum, gangster, robber, etc.
One who tells false stories
A pirate ship
(Historical) A man, esp. one on horseback, who robbed travelers on a highway
(Computing) hijackware
purse snatcher
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One that deals dishonestly with others, especially a cheating gambler.
One who breaks into safes in order to steal items from them.
grafter
(Slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
Alternative spelling of con artist.
ripoff artist
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cracksman
(Archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
(Cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
clip artist
stick-up man
criminal (related)
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
depredator
One who depredates, or commits depredation.
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(Muslim Folklore) An evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on the flesh of the dead
ladrone
In Spanish-speaking regions of the U.S., a robber or bandit
(Historical) A person declared by a court of law to be deprived of legal rights and protection, generally for the commission of some crime: the killing of such a person was not a legal offense
One who commits burglary.
murderer (related)
gunman (related)
assassin (related)
miscreant (related)
policeman (related)
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brigand (related)
blackmailer (related)
mobster (related)
holdup man
Find another word for robber. In this page you can discover 75 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for robber, like: thief, shoplifter, chiseler, privateer, cat-burglar, pirate, desperado, second-story worker, bandit, kleptomaniac and freebooter.
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