SNEAK THIEF Synonyms

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

• a young offender

• guilty of a misdeed

• failing in what duty requires

• past due; not paid at the scheduled time

• someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive

• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

• a ship that is manned by pirates

• copy illegally; of published material

• take arbitrarily or by force

• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

• a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

• a thief who steals goods that are in a store

• a thief who grabs and runs

• someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

• a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

• a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

• someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

• a thief who steals without using violence

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police