Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Thief

Nouns
  • thief, robber, pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist. spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder
  • harpy, shark [Slang], land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit
  • pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier
  • piqueerer, pickeerer
  • rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster
  • rapparee, wrecker, picaroon
  • smuggler, poacher
  • 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
  • pickpocket, light-fingered gentry
  • sharper
  • card sharper, skittle sharper
  • thimblerigger
  • rook [Slang], Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]
  • defaulter
  • Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster
  • swell mob [Slang]
  • shoplifter. swindler, peculator
  • forger, coiner
  • fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer
  • smasher. burglar, housebreaker
  • cracksman, magsman [Slang]
  • Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild. gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring
  • organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, Dillinger, Al Capone
  • Robin Hood.