rifler, filcher†, plagiarist.
spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark [Slang],
land shark, falcon, mosstrooper†, bushranger†, Bedouin†, brigand,
freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit†; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones†,
buccaneer, buccanier†; piqueerer†, pickeerer†; rover, ranger, privateer,
filibuster; rapparee†, wrecker, picaroon†; smuggler, poacher; abductor,
badger [Slang], bunko man, cattle thief, chor†, contrabandist†, crook,
hawk, holdup man, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnaper, rustler,
cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin [Slang], sneak thief,
spieler†, strong-arm man [U.S.].
highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy
beggar.
cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper;
card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook [Slang], Greek,
blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]; defaulter; Autolycus†, Jeremy Diddler†,
Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob [Slang], chevalier
d'industrie [Fr.]; shoplifter.
swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen
goods, duffer; smasher.
burglar, housebreaker; cracksman†, magsman [Slang]; Bill Sikes,
Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild.
gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring; organized
crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra [It].
[famous thieves], Dillinger, Al Capone; Robin Hood.