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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Robber \Rob"ber\, noun One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See {Thief}.
{Robber crab}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab.
{Robber fly}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}.
{Robber gull} (Zo["o]l.), a jager gull.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
robber
noun: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "robber": bandit, bank robber, body snatcher, booster, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, bushranger, cat burglar, cat man, chicken thief, con man, corsair, cracksman, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, footpad, freebooter, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, highway robber, highwayman, hijacker, holdup man, housebreaker, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, mugger, peculator, petty thief, pickpocket, pilferer, pirate, poacher, privateer, prowler, purloiner, raffles, rifler, road agent, sandbagger, scrounger, second-story man, shoplifter, sneak thief, stealer, stickup man, swindler, thief, train robber, white-collar thief, yegg
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ROBBER, noun A candid man of affairs. It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive, and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
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