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The synonyms of “Brigand” are: bandit, robber, raider, mugger
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brigand” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| bandit | An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band. The bandit produced a weapon and demanded money. |
| mugger | A person who attacks and robs another in a public place. The mugger snatched my purse and ran away. |
| raider | A person who attacks an enemy in their territory; a marauder. Masked raiders burst into the 100 seater restaurant. |
| robber | A person who commits robbery. |
| bandit | A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless area. The bandit produced a weapon and demanded money. |
| burglar | A person who commits burglary. |
| burglary | Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property. A two year sentence for burglary. |
| burgle | Enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. Our house in London has been burgled. |
| cattle | Animals of a group related to domestic cattle including yak bison and buffaloes. So many head of cattle. |
| criminal | A person who has committed a crime. They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage. |
| despoil | Steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering. |
| illegalize | Declare illegal; outlaw. |
| interloper | A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. To her I was always an outsider an interloper. |
| larceny | Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968. |
| malefactor | Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. |
| outlaw | Declare illegal outlaw. The outlaw Ned Kelly. |
| pillage | The act of stealing valuable things from a place. Artworks pillaged from churches and museums. |
| piracy | A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Air piracy. |
| rapine | The act of despoiling a country in warfare. The fruits of violence and rapine. |
| recidivist | Relating to recidivists. Research reveals that murderers are less likely to be recidivist than other criminals. |
| rob | Deprive someone of (something needed or deserved. Someone had robbed my jacket. |
| robber | A person who commits robbery. |
| robbery | Plundering during riots or in wartime. He was involved in drugs extortion and robbery. |
| rustler | Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle. Police have so far arrested 649 rustlers countrywide. |
| shoplifting | The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting. |
| steal | Steal a base. He finished with eight points four steals and seven assists. |
| theft | The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. The latest theft happened at a garage. |
| thief | A person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery. |
| thieve | Be a thief; steal something. They began thieving again. |
| thievery | The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. Petty thievery. |
| transgression | The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. Her transgression of genteel etiquette. |
| unlawful | Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. Unlawful hunters. |
| vagrancy | The state of living as a vagrant; homelessness. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse. |
| waylay | Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way. He waylaid me on the stairs. |
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