CUTPURSE Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word cutpurse. (close relations)
Definition of CUTPURSE
cutpurses
Best Alternative Words for CUTPURSE
Expand? | Word | Save? | More Syns.. | Usage | Type | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pickpocket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | ||||||||
pilferer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals without using violence | ||||||||
robber | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||||||||
swindler | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||||
thief | nounn | |||||||
noun • a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | ||||||||
dip | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a depression in an otherwise level surface • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped • a brief immersion • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow • a brief swim in water • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms verb • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate • dip into a liquid while eating • go down momentarily • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid • take a small amount from • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • lower briefly • appear to move downward • slope downwards • dip into a liquid • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax • immerse in a disinfectant solution • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface |