PURLOINERS Synonyms

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• a circular segment of a curve

• a long staff with one end being hook shaped

• bend or cause to bend

• someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use

• A person who practices fraud; a swindler.

• a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it

• someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

• a thief who steals without using violence

• someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

• a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

• small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

• someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

• carry on illegal business activities involving crime

• a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

• a thief who steals goods that are in a store

• a thief who grabs and runs

• someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• take by theft

• give away information about somebody

• a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

• take by theft