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Associations of "For thief" (30 Words)
| bandit | An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band. The bandit produced a weapon and demanded money. |
| brigand | An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band. |
| burglar | A person who commits burglary. |
| burglary | Illegal entry of a building with intent to commit a crime, especially theft. A two year sentence for burglary. |
| burgle | Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling. Our house in London has been burgled. |
| criminal | Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. A criminal court. |
| despoil | Destroy and strip of its possession. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering. |
| filch | Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way. They filched milk off morning doorsteps. |
| guilty | Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing. She was guilty of a serious error of judgement. |
| kleptomania | A recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit. |
| larceny | Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968. |
| outlaw | Declare illegal outlaw. Bands of outlaws held up trains. |
| pickpocket | Steal from the pockets of (someone. I think someone pickpocketed me in Brighton on my way to the station. |
| 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 violent seizure of someone’s property. Industrial rapine. |
| recidivist | Relating to recidivists. The third lowest recidivist rate in the country. |
| rob | Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. He tried with three others to rob a bank. |
| robber | A person who commits robbery. |
| robbery | The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force. He was involved in drugs extortion and robbery. |
| rustler | A person who rounds up and steals cattle, horses, or sheep. Police have so far arrested 649 rustlers countrywide. |
| shoplift | Steal in a store. She was caught shoplifting a pair of shoes. |
| shoplifting | The action of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting. |
| steal | An act of stealing something. He finished with eight points four steals and seven assists. |
| theft | The action or crime of stealing. He was convicted of theft. |
| thieve | Be a thief; steal something. They began thieving again. |
| thievery | The action of stealing another person’s property. Petty thievery. |
| transgression | An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence. Her transgression of genteel etiquette. |
| unlawful | Having no legally established claim. Unlawful love. |
| vagrancy | The state of living as a vagrant; homelessness. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse. |