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  • 41shoplifter — Synonyms and related words: body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator …

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  • 42swindler — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Judas, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, betrayer, blackleg, body snatcher, booster, bunco steerer, charlatan, charmer, cheat, cheater, chicken thief, chiseler, come on, con man, confidence man,… …

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  • 43thief — Synonyms and related words: Judas, bad person, bandit, betrayer, booster, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cat burglar, cat man, charlatan, cheat, con artist, con man, confidence man, convict, corsair, cracksman, criminal, crook, cutpurse, dacoit,… …

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  • 44stealing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Taking dishonestly Nouns 1. stealing, theft, thievery, robbery; abduction, kidnapping; abstraction, appropriation; plagiarism; rape, depredation, poaching, raid; spoliation, plunder, pillage, sack,… …

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  • 45thief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. robber (see steal). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burglar, highwayman, holdup man; see criminal , robber . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *crook, robber, burglar, shoplifter, mugger, swindler, bandit,… …

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  • 46raider — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A person who makes raids] Syn. bandit, thief, robber, plunderer, looter, pillager, rifler, assaulter, highwayman, brigand, privateer, invader, commando, guerrilla, cavalryman, marauder, hijacker, cattle lifter, rustler,… …

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  • 47Thief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Thief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 thief thief robber homo triumliterarum pilferer rifler filcher plagiarist GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 spoiler spoiler depredator pillager marauder …

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  • 48filch — [fɪltʃ] verb informal pilfer; steal. Derivatives filcher noun Origin ME: of unknown origin …

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  • 49thief — n. 1. Pilferer, petty robber, filcher. 2. Swindler, peculator, embezzler, defrauder, sharper, defaulter. 3. Pickpocket, cutpurse, pick purse. 4. Burglar, house breaker, cracksman (cant). 5. Footpad, highwayman …

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  • 50burglar — thief, robber (see under THEFT) Analogous words: stealer, pilferer, filcher, purloiner (see corresponding verbs at STEAL): plunderer, looter, rifler (see corresponding verbs at ROB) …

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