单词 | vandal |
释义 | vandalvan‧dal /ˈvændl/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINvandal ExamplesOrigin: 1600-1700 VandalEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Thesaurus
THESAURUSdifferent types of criminal► thief someone who deliberately damages things, especially public property someone who steals things: · Car thieves have been working in the area.· The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery. ► robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: · a masked robber armed with a shotgun· They were the most successful bank robbers in US history. ► burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: · The burglars broke in through a window. ► shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: · The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters. ► pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: · A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station. ► conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: · Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’. ► forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: · a forger who fooled museum curators ► counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: · Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills. ► pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: · DVD pirates ► mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places: · Muggers took his money and mobile phone. ► murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else: · His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.· the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers· He is a mass murderer (=someone who kills a large number of people). ► serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: · Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer. ► rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex: · Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious. ► sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: · Too many sex offenders are released from prison early. ► vandal someone who deliberately damages public property: · Vandals broke most of the school’s windows. ► arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: · The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist. WORD SETS► Crimeabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective |
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