ravisher

noun

Definition of ravishernext
as in marauder

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravisher
  1. marauder
  2. burglar
  3. thief
  4. safecracker
  5. cat burglar
Noun
  • As was the case in the Middle Ages, unemployed former mercenaries often turn into marauders, preying on the weak to survive and wreaking havoc on ordinary citizens.
    Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
  • Finding clean water is challenging, marauders roam the land, and some of the humans who remain have resorted to unthinkable behaviour, like cannibalism.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of marauder
Noun
  • Upon apparently learning that the works would not fit in the vehicle, the burglars ripped two from their frames and left the other two damaged in the street.
    News Desk, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The actor also played Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis in the 1976 film All The President's Men.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of burglar
Noun
  • Statewide, after national media for years showed images of thieves ransacking drug stores, Californians approved a ballot measure that tightened penalties on theft.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Others, such as the Dickensian gang of thieves that briefly take George in, feel like they might have been airlifted in from a collegiate production of Oliver Twist.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of thief
Noun
  • In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2023
  • All that’s missing is a safecracker spinning dials and listening for a telltale click.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2022
Definition of safecracker
Noun
  • This American heiress summering in Cannes has just met Grant’s former cat burglar.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
  • In theaters May 24 08 of 31 The Garfield Movie Just call him a cat burglar.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Definition of cat burglar
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