Robber
Rob´ber
| n. | 1. | One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
| ||||||||||||
| Noun | 1. |  robber - a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence |
ROBBER. One who commits a robbery. One who feloniously and forcibly takes goods or money to any value from the person of another by violence or putting him, in fear.
bandit, bank robber, body snatcher, booster, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, bushranger, cat burglar, cat man, chicken thief, con man, corsair, cracksman, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, footpad, freebooter, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, highway robber, highwayman, hijacker, holdup man, housebreaker, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, mugger, peculator, petty thief, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, poacher, privateer, prowler, purloiner, raffles, rifler, road agent, sandbagger, scrounger, second-story man, shoplifter, sneak thief, stealer, stickup man, swindler, thief, train robber, white-collar thief, yegg