Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 792 (Thief)

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#792. Thief.-- N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum[obs][Lat], pilferer, rifler, filcher[obs], plagiarist.

spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark*, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper[obs], bushranger[obs], Bedouin|!, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit[obs]; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones|!, buccaneer, buccanier|!; piqueerer|, pickeerer|; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee[obs], wrecker, picaroon[obs]; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger*, bunko man, cattle thief, chor[obs], contrabandist[obs], crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up* [U.S.], jackleg* [obs][U.S.], kidnaper, rustler , cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin*, sneak thief, spieler[obs], 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*, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher*; defaulter; Autolycus[obs], Jeremy Diddler[obs], Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob*, chevalier d'industrie [Fr]; shoplifter.

swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher.

burglar, housebreaker; cracksman[obs], magsman*[obs]; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild.

gang[group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring; organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra [Italian].

Dillinger[famous thieves], Al Capone; Robin Hood.