mangante

Definitions of mangante
  1. noun
    someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
    synonyms: aprovechón, buitre, gorrón
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    type of:
    prestatario
    someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
  2. noun
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
    synonyms: afanador, caco, ladrón, manoteador, tomador
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    atracador, bandido, bandolera, bandolero, forajido, pistolero
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
    mechero
    a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    escalador, ganzúa, palanquista, topero, topista, ventoso
    a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
    desfalcador, malversador
    someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
    ladrón de cadáveres
    someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
    ladrón de tumbas, profanador de tumbas
    someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
    salteador
    an armed thief
    carterista, cicatero, cortabolsas, lanza, músico, pellejero, piquero, robacarteras, sañero
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    pirata, plagiario
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
    depredador, saqueador
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
    asaltador, carrilano
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
    cuatrero
    someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
    reventador
    a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
    chori, choricero, chorizo, choro, ganzúa, garduño, gatera, gatillo, gato, mangui, punguista, quinqui, randa, rata, ratero
    a thief who steals without using violence
    bandido, bandolero
    a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
    bucanero, filibustero
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
    type of:
    criminal, delincuente, malhechor, proscrito, transgresor, trasgresor
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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