ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud
&c 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits.
rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief.
disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].
[receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money.
Adj. thieving &c v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious † , furtive; piratical; predaceous,
predal † , predatory, predatorial † ; raptorial &c (rapacious) 789.
stolen &c v..
Phr. sic vos non vobis [Lat.].
792. Thief -- N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, 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.
793. Booty -- N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang], pickings; spolia opima
[Lat.], prey; blackmail; stolen goods.
Adj. manubial † .
3. Interchange of Property
794. Barter -- N. barter, exchange, scorse † , truck system; interchange &c 148.
a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian gift [U.S.].
trade, commerce, mercature † , buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business,
nundination † , custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing,
stockjobbing † , agiotage † , brokery † .
deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain.
free trade.
V. barter, exchange, swap, swop † , truck, scorse † ; interchange &c 148; commutate &c
(substitute) 147; compound for.