All housebreaker synonyms

noun housebreaker

• thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
• burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
• stealer — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
• crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
• thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
• robber — a person who robs.
• raider — a person or thing that raids.
• looter — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
• pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
• con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
• bandit — Robbers are sometimes called bandits, especially if they are found in areas where the law has broken down.
• swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• thug — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
• marauder — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
• pirate — software pirate
• mugger — A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
• shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
• rustler — a cattle thief.
• sniper — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
• criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
• prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
• pilferer — petty thief
• owl — any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
• safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
• burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
• lurker — lurking
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• hijacker — a person who hijacks.
• plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
• corsair — a pirate
• operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
• buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• chiseler — a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
• desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
• stickup — a holdup; robbery.
• stealer — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
• brigand — A brigand is someone who attacks people and robs them, especially in mountains or forests.
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• punk — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
• despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
• pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
• sandbagger — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
• forager — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
• larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
• defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
• larcener — a person who commits larceny.
• spider — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.