bank-robber

Armed financial criminal

A bank-robber is someone who robs banks—stealing money through force, threat, or intimidation rather than burglary or fraud.

The hyphenated form emphasizes the compound as a fixed category: The FBI's most-wanted list included several bank-robbers.

Also written as two words without the hyphen.

fiction

caper

Prank or pickled bud

antihero · mastermind · double-cross · shootout · chase · tension · suspense · clever · scheme

criminal

heist

Organized large-scale theft

holdup · stickup · armed · masked · gang · loot · accomplice · safecracker · felony · fugitive

method

mask

Face-worn concealment

  • weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
  • disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
  • hostageCaptive held as security

lockdown · surveillance · driver · timing · casing · tunnel · explosive · drill · blowtorch · threat

notorious

Dillinger

Notorious American gangster

folk-hero · reward

Opposites
law and order role

bank-robberpolice officer

Law enforcement agent

cop · detective · FBI agent · bank teller · bank manager

moral/social standing

bank-robberphilanthropist

Donor to charitable causes

Good Samaritan · hero

criminal method/type

bank-robberpickpocket

Thief who steals carried items

embezzler · cat burglar · con artist · cybercriminal · shoplifter

Family

bank, banks, banked, banking, banker, bankers, rob, robs, robbed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG