- robber
- I(Roget's IV) n.Syn. thief, burglar, housebreaker, pickpocket, mugger, shoplifter, cheat, crook*, bandit, holdup man, cat burglar, second-story worker, sneak thief, bank robber, swindler, embezzler, peculator, pilferer, kleptomaniac, looter, despoiler, plunderer, pillager, brigand, freebooter, pirate, marauder, shanghaier, raider, forager, thug, desperado, forger, corsair, privateer, buccaneer, highwayman, footpad, hijacker, cattle thief, cutpurse, purse snatcher, sharper, safecracker, fence*, grafter*, rustler*, con artist*, ripoff artist*, cracksman*, yegg*, clip artist*, come-on*, chiseler*, paper hanger*, stick-up man*; see also cheat 1 , criminal .II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.crook, thief, *mugger, bandit, criminal, petty thief, *second-story man, housebreaker, hijacker.III(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A person who steals: bandit, burglar, highwayman, housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, pilferer, purloiner, stealer, thief. See CRIMES.
English dictionary for students. 2013.
См. также в других словарях:
Robber — Rob ber, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [1913 Webster] Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Thief; depredator;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
robber — (n.) late 12c., from O.Fr. robbere, agent noun from rober (see ROB (Cf. rob)). Robber baron in the corrupt, greedy financier sense is attested from 1870s, from a comparison of Gilded Age capitalists to medieval European warlords. It is the… … Etymology dictionary
Robber — Robber. См. «Грабитель». (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
Robber — Robber, die doppelte Partie, der Ausschlag im Whist (s.d.) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Robber — (Rober, v. engl. rubber), im Whistspiel eine Tour von zwei oder drei Partien; vgl. Whist … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Robber — (aus engl. rubber), im Whistspiel eine durch zwei Gewinstpartien derselben Partei abgeschlossene Tour … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Robber — Robber, engl., im Whistspiele die doppelte Partie … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
robber — index burglar, criminal, outlaw, thief, vandal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
robber — thief, burglar (see under THEFT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
robber — [n] person who steals bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper*, cat burglar, cattle thief*, cheat*, chiseler*, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist*, housebreaker,… … New thesaurus
robber — Robber, Robbeur, Robberie, usez des formules qui sont en Desrobber … Thresor de la langue françoyse
