sturdy beggar
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.
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Roget 767:
petitioner,
solicitor,
applicant;
suppliant,
supplicant;
suitor,
candidate,
claimant,
postulant,
aspirant,
competitor,
bidder;
place hunter,
pot hunter;
prizer†;
seeker.
beggar,
mendicant,
moocher,
panhandler,
freeloader,
sponger,
mumper†,
sturdy beggar,
cadger;
hotel runner,
runner,
steerer [U.S.],
tout,
touter†.
[poor person]
pauper,
homeless person,
hobo,
bum,
tramp,
bindle stiff,
bo,
knight of the road
(poverty)
804;
hippie,
flower child;
hard core unemployed;
welfare client,
welfare case.
canvasser,
bagman
etc.
758;
salesman.
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