Jonathan Wild
noun
Roget 792: thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, rifler, filcher†, plagiarist. spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark [Slang], land shark, falcon, mosstrooper†, bushranger†, Bedouin†, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit†; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones†, buccaneer, buccanier†; piqueerer†, pickeerer†; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee†, wrecker, picaroon†; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger [Slang], bunko man, cattle thief, chor†, contrabandist†, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up [U.S.], jackleg [U.S.], kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin [Slang], sneak thief, spieler†, strong-arm man [U.S.]. highwayman, Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, Macheath, footpad, sturdy beggar. cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook [Slang], Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher [Slang]; defaulter; Autolycus†, Jeremy Diddler†, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob [Slang], chevalier d'industrie [Fr.]; shoplifter. swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher. burglar, housebreaker; cracksman†, magsman [Slang]; Bill Sikes, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild. gang [group of thieves], gang of thieves, theft ring; organized crime, mafia, the Sicilian Mafia, the mob, la cosa nostra [It]. [famous thieves], Dillinger, Al Capone; Robin Hood. ... show more
Roget 949: bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer etc. 913; sinner; the wicked etc. 945; bad example. villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash†, caitiff†; wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin; tiger†, monster; devil etc. (demon) 980; devil incarnate; demon in human shape, Nana Sahib; hellhound, hellcat; rakehell†. bad woman, jade, Jezebel. scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag. rou_e [Fr.], rake; Sadist; skeesicks [Slang], skeezix [U.S.]; limb; one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee [Fr.], vaurien†, mauvais sujet [Fr.], loose fish, sad dog; rounder [Slang]; lost sheep, black sheep; castaway, recreant, defaulter; prodigal etc. 818. rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother [Coll.], ruffian, bully, meanie [Joc.]; Jonathan Wild; hangman. incendiary, arsonist, fire bug [U.S.]. thief etc. 792; murderer, terrorist etc. 361. [person who violates the criminal law] culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp [Coll.]; disorderly person, misdemeanant [Law]; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon, (convicted criminal); criminal; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender. blackguard, polisson†, loafer, sneak; rapscallion, rascallion†; cullion†, mean wretch, varlet, kern†, ame-de-boue [Fr.], drole†; cur, dog, hound†, whelp†, mongrel†; lown†, loon, runnion†, outcast, vagabond; rogue etc. (knave) 941; ronian†; scum of the earth, riffraff; Arcades ambo†. ... show more
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