'Robber' definitions:
Definition of 'robber'
From: WordNet
noun
A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
Definition of 'Robber'
From: GCIDE
- Robber \Rob"ber\, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [1913 Webster]
- Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief. [1913 Webster]
- Robber crab. (Zool.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
- Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
- Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'robber'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bandit,
- bank robber,
- body snatcher,
- booster,
- brigand,
- buccaneer,
- burglar,
- bushranger,
- cat burglar,
- cat man,
- chicken thief,
- con man,
- corsair,
- cracksman,
- crook,
- den of thieves,
- embezzler,
- filcher,
- footpad,
- freebooter,
- ganef,
- ghoul,
- grafter,
- grave robber,
- highway robber,
- highwayman,
- hijacker,
- holdup man,
- housebreaker,
- jewel thief,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- larcener,
- larcenist,
- lifter,
- mugger,
- peculator,
- petty thief,
- pickpocket,
- pilferer,
- pirate,
- poacher,
- privateer,
- prowler,
- purloiner,
- raffles,
- rifler,
- road agent,
- sandbagger,
- scrounger,
- second-story man,
- shoplifter,
- sneak thief,
- stealer,
- stickup man,
- swindler,
- thief,
- train robber,
- white-collar thief,
- yegg