All cardsharper synonyms

noun cardsharper

• bandit — Robbers are sometimes called bandits, especially if they are found in areas where the law has broken down.
• burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
• con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
• crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
• looter — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
• marauder — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
• mugger — A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
• pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
• pirate — software pirate
• raider — a person or thing that raids.
• rustler — a cattle thief.
• shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
• swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
• thug — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
• brigand — A brigand is someone who attacks people and robs them, especially in mountains or forests.
• buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• chiseler — a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
• corsair — a pirate
• desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
• despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• forager — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• hijacker — a person who hijacks.
• housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
• operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
• pilferer — petty thief
• pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
• plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
• prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
• punk — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
• safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
• sandbagger — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
• stealer — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
• stickup — a holdup; robbery.
• cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
• grafter — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.