plunderer
noun[C]
uk/ˈplʌn.dər.ər/us/ˈplʌn.dɚ.ɚ/someone whostealsorremovesthings,especiallyin aviolentorsevereway:
He was anartdealerand one of the Third Reich's mostnotoriousartplunderers.
Manyarchaeologistsregardmetaldetectorists asignorantplunderers.
See
plunder
- Theemptyhousesarevulnerableto plunderers.
- Themuseumstillhouseshugecenturies-oldstatues,itemstooheavyfor plunderers tohauloff.
- Overseasstudentswerepresentedas unpatriotic andtheirhostcountriesas "brainplunderers".
Miscellaneous criminals
- arsonist
- artifice burglar
- bigamist
- bioterrorist
- black hat
- distraction burglar
- distraction thief
- drug dealer
- embezzler
- expropriator
- launderer
- looter
- lowlife
- lynch mob
- man of straw
- shicer
- shoplifter
- small-timer
- smuggler
- snatcher