filchers
Small-time snatchers
Filchers are people who steal things, typically small items or amounts.
The word suggests petty theft rather than grand larceny—someone swiping office supplies or pilfering from a tip jar.
The filchers had been helping themselves to inventory for months.
Those who commit larceny
- robbersThose who steal forcibly
- burglarsThose who illegally enter
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- shopliftersThose who steal merchandise
bandits · looters · muggers · swindlers · crooks · brigands · kleptomaniacs · plunderers
Steal retail merchandise
- embezzleSteal funds in custody
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- lootStolen valuables
plunder · purloin · misappropriate · snatch · nab · lift · pinch · snaffle
Cleverly deceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- wilySkilled at deception
underhanded · guileful · shifty · artful · conniving · scheming · calculating · duplicitous
Secretly cautious in movement
- covertIntentionally concealed
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
furtive · sneaking · skulking · shadowy · silent · evasive · inconspicuous · undetected
thieves
Those who commit larceny
- robbersThose who steal forcibly
- burglarsThose who illegally enter
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
shoplifters · bandits · looters · muggers · swindlers · crooks · brigands · kleptomaniacs · plunderers · outlaws
shoplift
Steal retail merchandise
- embezzleSteal funds in custody
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
loot · plunder · purloin · misappropriate · snatch · nab · lift · pinch · snaffle · peculate
sly
Cleverly deceptive
wily · underhanded · guileful · shifty · artful · conniving · scheming · calculating · duplicitous · deceitful
stealthy
Secretly cautious in movement
- covertIntentionally concealed
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
clandestine · furtive · sneaking · skulking · shadowy · silent · evasive · inconspicuous · undetected · unnoticed
filchersgivers
Those who donate
donors · benefactors · philanthropists · protectors · guardians
filchersmuggers
Violent street robbers
burglars · highwaymen · bandits · home invaders · carjackers