ladro

Definitions of ladro
  1. noun
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
    synonyms: pirata
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    brigante
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
    taccheggiatore
    a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    borsaiolo, borseggiatore, tagliaborse
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    pirata
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
    sciacallo
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
    ladrone, malandrino, rapinatore, svaligiatore
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
    scippatore
    a thief who grabs and runs
    ladruncolo
    a thief who steals without using violence
    dirottatore
    a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
    scassinatore
    a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
    pirata
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
    type of:
    avanzo di galera, bandito, boia, cattivo soggetto, criminale, delinquente, farabutto, fuorilegge, malvivente, pendaglio da forca, pericolo pubblico, ribaldo
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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