PURLOINERS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word purloiners. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for PURLOINERS
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bandits | nounn | |||||||
noun • an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | ||||||||
burglars | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | ||||||||
crooks | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a circular segment of a curve • a long staff with one end being hook shaped verb • bend or cause to bend | ||||||||
embezzlers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | ||||||||
fraudsters | nounn | |||||||
noun • A person who practices fraud; a swindler. | ||||||||
hijackers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it • someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | ||||||||
looters | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | ||||||||
pickpockets | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | ||||||||
pilferers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals without using violence | ||||||||
poachers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another • a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) • small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters | ||||||||
racketeers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) verb • carry on illegal business activities involving crime | ||||||||
robbers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||||||||
shoplifters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals goods that are in a store | ||||||||
snatchers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who grabs and runs • someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | ||||||||
snitches | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police verb • take by theft • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
swindlers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||||
thieves | nounn | |||||||
verb • take by theft |