ThiefWordNet Explorer
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noun
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Words in this synset: stealer
noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
noun
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
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a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
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a member of an armed gang of robbers
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someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
noun
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection