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