pilferers
Small-time crooks
Pilferers are people who steal small amounts or items of little value, typically in a sneaky or opportunistic way rather than through bold theft.
The word suggests petty, habitual stealing—an employee skimming supplies, a guest pocketing trinkets: The store installed cameras to catch pilferers.
Those who steal merchandise
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- cutpursesThieves targeting belt-hung pouches
- snatchersThose who seize quickly
- burglarsThose who illegally enter
kleptomaniacs · looters · plunderers · filchers · cat burglars · rustlers · poachers · bandits
Stealing store merchandise
- larcenyUnlawful taking of goods
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- stealingUnlawful taking of property
- petty theftMinor stealing offense
embezzlement · swiping · filching · pinching · nicking · purloining · misappropriation · light-fingered
Secretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- covertIntentionally concealed
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
- slyCleverly deceptive
stealthy · undetected · shadowy · silent · secretive · skulking · lurking · creeping
Cleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
artful · guileful · conniving · shifty · calculating · slippery · shrewd · tricky
Mischievous troublemakers
- roguesDishonest or deviant individuals
- scampsPlayful troublemakers
- impsMinor demons or rascals
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
pranksters · urchins · rapscallions · scallywags · mischief-makers · ne'er-do-wells · troublemakers · delinquents
shoplifters
Those who steal merchandise
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- cutpursesThieves targeting belt-hung pouches
- snatchersThose who seize quickly
burglars · kleptomaniacs · looters · plunderers · filchers · cat burglars · rustlers · poachers · bandits · brigands
shoplifting
Stealing store merchandise
petty theft · embezzlement · swiping · filching · pinching · nicking · purloining · misappropriation · light-fingered · five-finger discount
furtive
Secretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- covertIntentionally concealed
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
sly · stealthy · undetected · shadowy · silent · secretive · skulking · lurking · creeping · slinking
crafty
Cleverly deceptive
devious · artful · guileful · conniving · shifty · calculating · slippery · shrewd · tricky · underhanded
rascals
Mischievous troublemakers
tricksters · pranksters · urchins · rapscallions · scallywags · mischief-makers · ne'er-do-wells · troublemakers · delinquents · hooligans
pilferersdonors
People who give gifts
givers · benefactors · contributors · providers · philanthropists
pilferersbank robbers
Those who steal from financial institutions
highwaymen · burglars · looters · embezzlers · brigands
pilferersguardians
Those who protect others
protectors · custodians · security guards · watchmen · caretakers