#thief__stealer a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
supertype: criminal__felon__crook__outlaw__malefactor someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
subtype: bandit__brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
subtype: shoplifter__booster__lifter a thief who steals goods that are on display in a store
subtype: burglar a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
subtype: housebreaker__cat_burglar a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
subtype: dacoit__dakoit (in India and Burma) a member of an armed gang of robbers
subtype: embezzler__peculator__defalcator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
subtype: body_snatcher__graverobber__ghoul someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
subtype: graverobber someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
subtype: holdup_man__stickup_man__stickupman an armed thief
subtype: highwayman__highjacker__hijacker__road_agent a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
subtype: footpad__padder a highwayman who robs on foot
instance: Dick_Turpin__Turpin
subtype: larcenist__larcener a person who commits larceny
subtype: pickpocket__cutpurse__dip a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
subtype: plagiarist__plagiarizer__literarypirate__pirate someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own
subtype: plunderer__pillager__looter__spoiler__raider__freebooter someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
subtype: pirate__buccaneer__sea_robber__searobber__sea_rover__searover someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
subtype: Barbary_pirate__corsair a pirate along the Barbary coast
instance: Khayr_ad-Din__Barbarossa
subtype: sea_king__seaking a Viking pirate chief
instance: Jean_Laffite__Laffite__Lafitte__Jean_Lafitte Sir_Henry_Morgan__Morgan__Henry_Morgan Bartholomew_Roberts__Roberts Edward_Teach__Teach__Thatch__Edward_Thatch__Blackbeard
subtype: robber a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
subtype: bank_robber a robber of banks
subtype: mugger a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
subtype: rustler__cattle_thief someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
subtype: safebreaker__safecracker__cracksman a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
subtype: snatcher a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"
subtype: sneak_thief__pilferer__snitcher a thief who steals without using violence
subtype: wharf_rat.sneak_thief__wharfrat someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
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