| 单词 | stealer |
| 释义 | stealer (once / 19932 pages) n WORD FAMILY stealer: stealers+/steal: stealer, stealing, steals, stolen/stealing: stealings USAGE EXAMPLESTaylor was assailed as a husband stealer, Fisher as a deserter. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Taylor was assailed as a husband stealer, Fisher as a deserter of his family. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) “Maggie Smith was so patient with me, but she is a complete scene stealer,” he said. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) n a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper thief Khayr ad-Din Barbary pirate (died in 1546) Jean LaffiteFrench pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) Sir Henry Morgana Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Bartholomew Robertsa Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Edward Thatchan English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Dick TurpinEnglish highwayman (1706-1739) bandit, brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band booster, lifter, shopliftera thief who steals goods that are in a store burglara thief who enters a building with intent to steal dacoit, dakoita member of an armed gang of robbers defalcator, embezzler, peculatorsomeone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use body snatcher, ghoul, graverobbersomeone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection graverobbersomeone who steals valuables from graves or crypts holdup man, stickup manan armed thief larcener, larcenista person who commits larceny cutpurse, dip, pickpocketa thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizersomeone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoilersomeone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) robbera thief who steals from someone by threatening violence cattle thief, rustlersomeone who steals livestock (especially cattle) cracksman, safebreaker, safecrackera thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents snatchera thief who grabs and runs pilferer, sneak thief, snitchera thief who steals without using violence bank robbera robber of banks highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agenta holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it cat burglar, housebreakera burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house muggera robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea roversomeone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation wharf ratsomeone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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