Synonyms of robber

robber

noun

as in thief

one who steals

the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thief
• burglar
• kidnapper
• stealer
• pincher
• pirate
• bandit
• housebreaker
• embezzler
• shoplifter
• smuggler
• purloiner
• pickpocket
• hijacker
• larcenist
• kleptomaniac
• cat burglar
• pilferer
• grafter
• safecracker
• carjacker
• picklock
• highwayman
• plunderer
• looter
• abductor
• cracksman
• pillager
• cutpurse
• ravisher
• sneak thief
• klepto
• rustler
• footpad
• skyjacker
• mugger
• poacher
• despoiler
• dip
• ransacker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of robber

Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, The Day constantly resets the narrative. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Romero retired from the NYPD in 2001 shortly after being injured in a shootout with apparent robbers at his family's Brooklyn laundromat. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

His defense has pointed out that his client’s fingerprints were found neither on the truck used in the heist nor in the parking lot where the robbers allegedly handed the jewels to an unidentified individual. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026