Synonyms of robbers

robbers

noun

plural of robber

as in thieves

one who steals

the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thieves
• burglars
• kidnappers
• stealers
• pinchers
• pirates
• purloiners
• larcenists
• bandits
• housebreakers
• smugglers
• embezzlers
• safecrackers
• grafters
• hijackers
• pickpockets
• pilferers
• shoplifters
• looters
• plunderers
• kleptomaniacs
• cat burglars
• carjackers
• highwaymen
• cracksmen
• abductors
• pillagers
• rustlers
• cutpurses
• picklocks
• ravishers
• footpads
• skyjackers
• poachers
• muggers
• kleptos
• despoilers
• ransackers
• sneak thiefs
• dips

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of robbers

Preliminary explorations indicate these burials were looted in antiquity; passages linking them are thought to have been made by ancient robbers moving between the tombs. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

The robbers have ordered the victims to unlock their cellphones, and have fled on foot after taking the phones. — Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Police say the robbers took $50 from one of the chicken stand workers, and $60 from the other. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Set in 1935, amidst the Great Depression, Season 2 revolves around the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Back in the ’90s, one year after making her film debut in Cadillac Man, Petty skyrocketed to fame after starring alongside Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in the action film about surfers who moonlight as bank robbers. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Aug. 2026

When a duo of robbers (Joe Pesci‘s Harry and Daniel Stern‘s Marv) try to break in, Kevin sets a series of traps to deter them. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

The movie was then changed to make Gruber's crew robbers masquerading as terrorists, a key plot point. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026