Thief
Nouns
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thief, robber, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist. spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder
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harpy, shark [Slang], land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit
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pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier
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piqueerer, pickeerer
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rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster
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rapparee, wrecker, picaroon
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smuggler, poacher
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abductor, badger [Slang], bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin [Slang], sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man [U.S.]. highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar. cut purse, pick purse
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pickpocket, light-fingered gentry
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sharper
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card sharper, skittle sharper
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thimblerigger
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rook [Slang], Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]
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defaulter
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Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster
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swell mob [Slang]
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shoplifter. swindler, peculator
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forger, coiner
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fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer
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smasher. burglar, housebreaker
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cracksman, magsman [Slang]
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Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild. gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring
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organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, Dillinger, Al Capone
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Robin Hood.