bandit
Highway holdup artist
A bandit is an outlaw who robs travelers or raids settlements, typically operating in remote areas beyond the reach of law enforcement.
The word evokes horseback robbers, mountain hideouts, and lawless frontiers.
Extended uses describe anyone who takes unfairly: Those insurance companies are bandits.
A one-armed bandit is a slot machine.
One who steals
- robberOne who steals by force
- burglarOne who breaks in
- outlawFugitive from justice
- crookBent implement or criminal
felon · pickpocket · mugger · gangster · hoodlum · desperado · villain · swindler
Expert pistol fighter
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- rustlerOne who steals cattle
- bountyReward for capture
frontier · sheriff · posse · holdup · train · robbery · reward · wanted
Fugitive from justice
manhunt · hideout · bounty · reward · posse · tracker · evasion · underground
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgentOne who revolts
- rebelAuthority defier
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- partisanBiased toward one side
resistance · fighter · militant · freedom · uprising · outlaw · defiance · struggle
thief
One who steals
crook · felon · pickpocket · mugger · gangster · hoodlum · desperado · villain · swindler · highwayman
gunslinger
Expert pistol fighter
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- rustlerOne who steals cattle
bounty · frontier · sheriff · posse · holdup · train · robbery · reward · wanted · sixshooter
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
pursued · manhunt · hideout · bounty · reward · posse · tracker · evasion · underground · incognito
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgentOne who revolts
- rebelAuthority defier
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
partisan · resistance · fighter · militant · freedom · uprising · outlaw · defiance · struggle · underground
plunderer
One who loots
pirate · viking · invader · corsair · freebooter · buccaneer · reaver · barbarian · sacker · conquistador
raccoon
Masked North American omnivore
concealment · identity · anonymity · incognito · hooded · stocking · balaclava · kerchief · unrecognizable · mysterious
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- criminelsassassin, gangster, pickpocket
- Outlawsoutlaw, desperado, highwayman, robber, rustler
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- rubber bandStretchable fastening loop
- rock bandMusicians performing amplified guitar music
- wedding bandSpousal jewelry worn daily
- swing bandLarge jazz orchestra for dancing
- one-armed banditLever-operated gambling machine
- band togetherUnite for shared purpose
band, abandon, disband, rubber band, bandits, disbanding, armband, disbanded, headbands