pickeerer

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

pickeer

verb

Roget 720: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib^†, justle^†, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer^†; fight etc. (war) 722; wrangle etc. (quarrel) 713.    contend with &c., grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush etc. n.. with, tilt with; encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw^†, run a tilt at; oppose etc. 708; reluct.    join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; etc. (warfare) 722.    lay about one; break the peace.    compete with, cope with, vie with, race with; outvie^†, emulate, rival; run a race; contend for &c., stipulate for, stickle for; insist upon, make a point of.    ... show more

Roget 791: steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim^†, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize.    convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize etc. (lay violent hands on) 789.    plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate^†, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer^†, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger [Slang]; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster.    swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud etc. 545; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits.    rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief.    disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].    [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money.    ... show more

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