Why so many words for someone who steals? Must be common and commonly avoided. Don’t forget we kleptomaniacs. 
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those buglars. One minute they’ll wake you up for Reveille and the next moment they’ll rob you blind.
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Lots of words to describe how we take from one another without consent.
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It’s give and take without the give.
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A robber takes from another person
A burglar takes from a home
A thief is a professional
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That’s very interesting. I never knew there were specific differences.
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There’s no excuse for being a pilferer or a larcenist.
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I have been a pilfer tho. I have taken food thrown away or discarded.
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THis made me giggle.
Both robber and burglar are thief, a robber uses boldness and a burglar uses stealth.
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