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robber

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)

Synonym: thief, depredator, despoiler, plunderer, pillager, rifler, brigang, freebooter, pirate. See Thief.

Robber crab.

(Science: zoology) A jager gull.