Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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.