Synonyms for robber
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rob-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒb ər |
Top 10 synonyms for robber Other synonyms for the word robber
- brigand
- buccaneer
- cardsharper
- cat burglar
- cattle thief
- cheat
- chiseler
- corsair
- desperado
- despoiler
- fence
- forager
- fraud
- grafter
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- operator
- pilferer
- pillager
- plunderer
- prowler
- punk
- rustler
- safecracker
- sandbagger
- second-story operator
- shoplifter
- stealer
- stickup
- swindler
- thief
- thug
Définition of robber
Origin :- late 12c., from Anglo-French robbere, Old French robeor, agent noun from rober (see 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 attempt of the more shrewd to take advantage of the less shrewd. It is the attempt of the strong to oppress the weak. It is the old robber baron in his castle descending, after men have planted their crops, and stealing them. [Henry Ward Beecher, sermon, "Truthfulness," 1871]Regulation by combination means that the railroad managers are feudal lords and that you are their serfs. It means that every car load of grain or other produce of your fields and shops that passes over the New York Central shall pay heavy toll for right of transit to Vanderbilt, the robber baron of our modern feudalism, who dominates that way. [W.C. Flagg, testimony to Congress, 1874]
- noun person who steals
- And let me tell you that of all the Robber Barons of music, Wagner was the worst.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- The latter is not bare like Robber's, but the hair on it is very short and thin.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- He has none of the mean disposition of Robber the Brown Rat.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Hasn't Gauntmoor all the ancient inconveniences a Robber Baron could wish?
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
- Robber castles flourished, all else decayed, no highway safe.
- Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
- I might paraphrase the slogan of the Robber Barons of the middle ages.
- Extract from : « The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul » by Jirah D. Buck
- In this particular, the taste of my Robber Moor will not be difficult to hit.
- Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle
- Robber and villain to begin with; that was one settled point.
- Extract from : « History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- Rienzi invoked them to move against the Robber—the People refused to obey.
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Such a man shall you pity and hate, abhor yet love, in the Robber Moor.
- Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
Antonyms for robber
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