voleur

Definitions of voleur
  1. noun
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
    synonyms: bandit
  2. noun
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
    synonyms: bandit
  3. noun
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
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    bandit
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
    voleur à l'étalage
    a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    cambrioleur
    a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
    attaquant à main armée
    an armed thief
    pickpocket
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    corsaire, pirate, plagiaire, écumeur, écumeur de mer
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
    pillard, pilleur
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
    bandit
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
    chapardeur
    a thief who steals without using violence
    brigand
    a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
    cambrioleur
    a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
    boucanier, corsaire, pirate, écumeur, écumeur de mer
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
    type of:
    contrevenant, contrevenante, criminel, malfaiteur
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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