Need another word that means the same as “thieves”? Find 30 related words for “thieves” in this overview.
| 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 | Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property. A two year sentence for burglary. |
| burgle | Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling. Our house in London has been burgled. |
| criminal | A person who has committed a crime. A criminal waste of talent. |
| despoil | Steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder. 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 | Causing a feeling of guilt. A guilty conscience. |
| kleptomania | An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive. |
| larceny | Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968. |
| outlaw | Declare illegal outlaw. Secondary picketing has been outlawed. |
| pickpocket | A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places. I think someone pickpocketed me in Brighton on my way to the station. |
| pillage | Steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime. 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. Industrial 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 | Larceny by threat of violence. 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 goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer. She was caught shoplifting a pair of shoes. |
| shoplifting | The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting. |
| steal | An act of stealing a base. She was found guilty of stealing from her employers. |
| theft | The action or crime of stealing. The latest theft happened at a garage. |
| thieve | Take by theft. 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 money. |
| vagrancy | The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse. |
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