noun
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
• Syn: ↑thief
• Derivationally related forms: ↑steal
• Hypernyms: ↑criminal, ↑felon, ↑crook, ↑outlaw, ↑malefactor
• Hyponyms:
↑bandit, ↑brigand, ↑booster, ↑shoplifter, ↑lifter, ↑burglar, ↑dacoit, ↑dakoit, ↑embezzler, ↑defalcator, ↑peculator, ↑graverobber, ↑ghoul, ↑body snatcher, ↑holdup man, ↑stickup man, ↑larcenist, ↑larcener, ↑pickpocket, ↑cutpurse, ↑dip, ↑plagiarist, ↑plagiarizer, ↑plagiariser, ↑literary pirate, ↑pirate, ↑plunderer, ↑pillager, ↑looter, ↑spoiler, ↑despoiler, ↑raider, ↑freebooter, ↑robber, ↑rustler, ↑cattle thief, ↑safebreaker, ↑safecracker, ↑cracksman, ↑snatcher, ↑sneak thief, ↑pilferer, ↑snitcher
Useful english dictionary. 2012.