Thesaurus / robber
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Ligon was at one point held for evaluation in Eastern State Penitentiary, which opened in 1829 and once held Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton.
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When Answer Man was a wee Answer Boy, a favorite game was cops and robbers.
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The Mini Cooper was a budget bijou performance car, a good 16 years before VW thought up the Golf GTI, beloved by rally drivers and celluloid bank robbers alike.
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Males have been observed fleeing the scene afterwards like a bank robber when the alarm is tripped.
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It’s all very well catching a grasshopper twice your size—as the top predators, the robber flies, love doing—but then to have to deal with their long limbs flailing around while you’re trying to eat is tricky.
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Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
Probably the most interesting of them all is the great Robber-crab, which is found on certain islands of the Pacific.
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUS
Robber raids they called these wars which he waged for trumped-up pretexts.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY
Erastus the Robber Duck held up his wings as high as possible, and tried to get them higher.
THE HOLLOW TREE SNOWED-INALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
Erastus the Robber Duck started to run; but he was lost, and did not know which way to go.
THE HOLLOW TREE SNOWED-INALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
WORDS RELATED TO ROBBER
- beggar
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bully
- bum
- cad
- cardsharp
- charlatan
- cheat
- delinquent
- devil
- disgrace
- felon
- fraud
- good-for-nothing
- grafter
- hooligan
- hypocrite
- idler
- imp
- liar
- loafer
- mischief-maker
- miscreant
- opportunist
- pretender
- prodigal
- profligate
- recreant
- reprobate
- robber
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scamp
- scoundrel
- sinner
- skunk
- sneak
- swindler
- tough
- tramp
- trickster
- varmint
- villain
- wastrel
- wretch
- bandit
- burglar
- cat burglar
- cheat
- clip
- criminal
- crook
- defalcator
- embezzler
- heister
- highway robber
- highwayman
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- kleptomaniac
- larcener
- lifter
- moonlighter
- mugger
- owl
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- pirate
- plunderer
- porch climber
- prowler
- punk
- purloiner
- robber
- scrounger
- shoplifter
- sniper
- stickup artist
- swindler
- bandit
- burglar
- cat burglar
- cheat
- clip
- criminal
- crook
- defalcator
- embezzler
- heister
- highway robber
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- kleptomaniac
- larcener
- larcenist
- lifter
- moonlighter
- mugger
- owl
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- pirate
- plunderer
- porch climber
- prowler
- punk
- purloiner
- robber
- scrounger
- shoplifter
- sniper
- spider
- stealer
- stickup artist
- swindler
- bandit
- burglar
- cat burglar
- cheat
- clip
- criminal
- crook
- defalcator
- embezzler
- heister
- highway robber
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- kleptomaniac
- larcener
- larcenist
- lifter
- moonlighter
- mugger
- owl
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- pirate
- plunderer
- porch climber
- prowler
- punk
- purloiner
- robber
- scrounger
- shoplifter
- sniper
- spider
- stealer
- stickup artist
- swindler
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.