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bandit, brigand
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
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booster, lifter, shoplifter
a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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burglar
a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
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dacoit, dakoit
a member of an armed gang of robbers
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defalcator, embezzler, peculator
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
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body snatcher, ghoul, graverobber
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
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graverobber
someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
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holdup man, stickup man
an armed thief
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larcener, larcenist
a person who commits larceny
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cutpurse, dip, pickpocket
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
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literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
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despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
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robber
a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
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cattle thief, rustler
someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
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cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker
a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
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snatcher
a thief who grabs and runs
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pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher
a thief who steals without using violence
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bank robber
a robber of banks
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highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
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cat burglar, housebreaker
a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
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mugger
a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
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buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
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wharf rat
someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
