Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
2. Transfer of Property

792. Thief.

   NOUN:THIEF, robber, homo trium literarum [L.], spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; pilferer, rifler, filcher, plagiarist; harpy, shark [slang], land rat [cant], land pirate, land shark, falcon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger [cant], kidnaper or kidnapper; chor [Hind.], crook [slang], lifter, skin [slang], contrabandist, hawk; hold-up, jackleg, rustler [all three slang, U. S.]; spieler [colloq., Austral.], sandbagger, sneak thief, strong-arm man [U. S.].
  PIRATE, corsair, viking, sea king, buccaneer, privateer; Paul Jones.
  BRIGAND, bandit, freebooter, thug, dacoit [India]; rover, ranger, pickeerer [obs.], picaroon, filibuster, rapparee [Ir.]; cattle thief, abactor; bushranger, mosstrooper [hist.], Bedouin; wrecker; highwayman, footpad, sturdy beggar, knight of the road.
  Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Jonathan Wild, Macheath, Nevison.
  PICKPOCKET, dip [slang], cutpurse, pickpurse [rare], light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, card cheat, Greek; thimblerigger; bunkoman or buncoman, rook [slang], welsher [slang], blackleg [colloq.], leg [slang, Eng.], diddler [colloq. or slang], defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, Artful Dodger, trickster; swell mob [slang], chevalier d’industrie [F.]; shoplifter.
  SWINDLER, duffer [Eng.], peculator; forger, coiner, smasher [cant, Eng.], counterfeiter; fence, receiver of stolen goods.
  BURGLAR, housebreaker, yeggman or yegg [slang], cracksman [slang], magsman [slang], sneak thief; second-story -thief, – man; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. He stole nothing smaller than the moomoo’s egg.—Dunsany
2. A promising young robber, the lieutenant of his band.—Gilbert