English > thief: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. |
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| Synonym | stealer |
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| Narrower | bandit, brigand | An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band |
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| booster, shoplifter, lifter | A thief who steals goods that are in a store |
| burglar | A thief who enters a building with intent to steal |
| dacoit, dakoit | A member of an armed gang of robbers |
| embezzler, defalcator, peculator | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use |
| graverobber, ghoul, body snatcher | someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection |
| graverobber | someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts |
| holdup man, stickup man | An armed thief |
| larcenist, larcener | A person who commits larceny |
| pickpocket, cutpurse, dip | A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places |
| plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate | someone who uses another person's words / words or ideas as if they were his own |
| plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
| robber | A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence |
| rustler, cattle thief | someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) |
| safebreaker, safecracker, cracksman | A thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents |
| snatcher | A thief who grabs and runs |
| sneak thief, pilferer, snitcher | A thief who steals without using violence |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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| Spanish | caco, ladrón, mangante |
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| Catalan | furtador, lladre, rapinyaire, robador |
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