THIEF Synonyms
There are 34 hypernyms of the word thief. (close relations)
Definition of THIEF
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bandit | nounn | |||||||
noun • an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | ||||||||
burglar | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | ||||||||
criminal | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure • guilty of crime or serious offense • involving or being or having the nature of a crime | ||||||||
crook | 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 | ||||||||
defalcator | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | ||||||||
embezzler | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | ||||||||
highwayman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | ||||||||
housebreaker | nounn | |||||||
noun • a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house • a wrecker of houses | ||||||||
kleptomaniac | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive | ||||||||
looter | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
pirate | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 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 verb • copy illegally; of published material • take arbitrarily or by force | ||||||||
poacher | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
rapscallion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one who is playfully mischievous | ||||||||
robber | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | ||||||||
shoplifter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thief who steals goods that are in a store | ||||||||
swindler | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | ||||||||
filcher | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
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picklock | nounn | |||||||
noun • A device designed to pick locks. • One who picks locks; a thief. | ||||||||