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Gonoph

A pickpocket or thief

Mainor

A thing stolen found on the person of the thief

Micher

One who skulks or keeps out of sight hence a truant an idler a thief etc

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Picker

who or that which picks in any sense as one who uses a pick one who gathers a thief a pick a pickax as a cotton picker

Furtum

Furtum [fr., a thief, to carry away], theft; robbery. It is manifestum et nec manifestum, Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 399, 400, where

Pilferer

One who pilfers a petty thief

Plagiarist

or purloins the words writings or ideas of another and passes them off as his own a literary thief a plagiary

Roberdsman

A bold stout robber or night thief said to be so called from Robin Hood

Seizure

of being seized sudden and violent grasp or gripe a taking into possession as the seizure of a thief a property a throne etc

Abarnare

[fr. abarian, Ang.-Sax., denudo, detego, Lat.], to lay bare discover, detect. Hence, 'bere theof, a detected or convicted thief; 'bere morth, a detected homicide. Also to detect and discover any acret crime to a magistrate, Ancient Laws

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