Pilferer
11pilferer — noun a thief who steals without using violence • Syn: ↑sneak thief, ↑snitcher • Derivationally related forms: ↑snitch (for: ↑snitcher), ↑pilfer • Hypernyms: ↑ …
12pilfer — pilferer, n. /pil feuhr/, v.i., v.t. to steal, esp. in small quantities. [1540 50; v. use of late ME pilfre booty < MF pelfre. See PELF] Syn. thieve, purloin, filch, appropriate. * * * …
13Sonya Golden Hand — Sofia Blyuvshtein, better known as Son ka the Golden Hand, was a legendary thief who lived in Russia during the second half of the 19th century. Little is known of her life for certain, except that she committed several carefully planned… …
14robber — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. thief, burglar, housebreaker, pickpocket, mugger, shoplifter, cheat, crook*, bandit, holdup man, cat burglar, second story worker, sneak thief, bank robber, swindler, embezzler, peculator, pilferer, kleptomaniac, looter,… …
15pilfer — pil|fer [ˈpılfə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pelfrer, from pelfre stolen things ] to steal things that are not worth much, especially from the place where you work pilfer from ▪ She was sacked after being caught… …
16sneak thief — noun a thief who steals without using violence • Syn: ↑pilferer, ↑snitcher • Derivationally related forms: ↑snitch (for: ↑snitcher), ↑pilfer (for: ↑ …
17snitcher — noun 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police • Syn: ↑fink, ↑snitch, ↑stoolpigeon, ↑stool pigeon, ↑stoolie, ↑sneak, ↑sneaker, ↑canary …
18Fingerer — Fin ger*er, n. One who fingers; a pilferer. [1913 Webster] …
19Thief — (th[=e]f), n.; pl. {Thieves} (th[=e]vz). [OE. thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e[ o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. [thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs, [thorn]iubs, and perhaps to Lith.… …
20Thief catcher — Thief Thief (th[=e]f), n.; pl. {Thieves} (th[=e]vz). [OE. thef, theef, AS. [thorn]e[ o]f; akin to OFries. thiaf, OS. theof, thiof, D. dief, G. dieb, OHG. diob, Icel. [thorn]j[=o]fr, Sw. tjuf, Dan. tyv, Goth. [thorn]iufs, [thorn]iubs, and perhaps… …
