ruffian Synonym

bandit, criminal, fugitive, gangster, lawbreaker, offender, renegade, robber, villain, wrongdoer [x]

relapse, regress, backslide, revert, lapse, fall back, return, degenerate, retrogress, slip back [x]

inducement, kickback, payoff, sweetener, backhander, graft, hush money, subornation, grease, incentive, enticement, buyoff, corruption, fix, sop, palm-greasing, payola, reward, bait, lure [x]

deface, damage, destroy, ruin, wreck, desecrate, trash, sabotage, demolish, ravage, mar, obliterate, smash, violate, defile, despoil, devastate, impair, spoil, harm, injure, disfigure, break, wreckage, wrecking, wrecked, wrecks [x]

robbery, theft, burglary, larceny, holdup, stickup, raid, break-in, pilfering, plundering, looting, swindle, mugging, rip-off, caper, job, smash-and-grab, stick-up, heist job, stickup job [x]

plunder, pillage, loot, ravage, sack, despoil, raid, maraud, devastate, rifle, strip, burglarize, rob, search, comb, scour, rummage, foray, invade, seize, grab, appropriate, confiscate, purloin, pilfer, swipe, snatch, abscond with, carry off, make off with, take, steal, thieve, filch, lift, heist, burgle, break into, trespass, overrun, storm, assault, attack, besiege, harry, harass, terrorize, vandalize [x]

plotting, scheming, colluding, collaborating, conniving, planning, machinating, caballing, intriguing, abetting, conspiring [x]

conspire, collaborate, cooperate, scheme, plot, connive, collude, partner, ally, league, join forces, work together, team up, band together, combine, unite, work in concert, work hand in glove, work in cahoots, work side by side, work in partnership, work jointly, work in league, work in tandem, work in unison, work as one, work shoulder to shoulder, work hand in hand, work in alliance, work in cooperation, work in collaboration, work in conjunction, work in harmony, work in sync, work in coordination, work in association, work in federation, work in coalition, work in confederation, work in consort, work in concerted effort, work in mutual effort, work in joint effort, work in collective effort, work in combined effort, work in shared effort, work in unified effort, work in integrated effort [x]

catching, seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing, detaining, grabbing, snatching, taking, collaring, pinching, busting, hauling in, picking up, pulling in, rounding up, taking into custody, laying hold of, laying hands on, taking hold of, taking in, taking prisoner, taking captive [x]

robbery, heist, stickup, mugging, raid, theft, ambush, larceny, burglary, pilfering, plundering, looting, snatch, swindle, extortion, hijacking, rip-off, shakedown, stick-up [x]

attacker, aggressor, assaulter, mugger, invader, assailer, combatant, antagonist, perpetrator, offender, assailant [x]

extorted, coerced, threatened, intimidated, pressured, forced, bullied, compelled, menaced, browbeaten, terrorized, harassed, strong-armed, victimized, manipulated, oppressed, subjugated, dominated, controlled, influenced [x]

deception, scam, deceit, swindle, trickery, hoax, con, cheat, imposture, duplicity, chicanery, artifice, ruse, sham, subterfuge, misrepresentation, falsehood, guile, skulduggery, double-dealing, treachery, dishonesty, bluff, pretense, stratagem, dodge, flimflam, gyp, hustle, racket, rip-off, snow job, sting, bamboozle, bilk, bunco, fleece, hoodwink, hornswoggle, rook, sell, shaft, shortchange, sucker, take in, victimize [x]

atrocious, egregious, horrendous, abominable, monstrous vile, wicked, nefarious, odious, appalling, dreadful, shocking, despicable, detestable, reprehensible, ghastly, gruesome, hideous, loathsome, revolting, scandalous, villainous, flagrant, fiendish, diabolical, malevolent, evil, iniquitous, execrable, abhorrent, repugnant, unspeakable, heinous, infernal, demonic, satanic, maleficent, malefic, baleful, pernicious, sinister, fell, accursed, cursed, damnable, hellish [x]

assisted, supported, encouraged, aided, helped, backed, endorsed, promoted, facilitated, fostered, advocated, championed, bolstered, sponsored, upheld, reinforced, abetted, cooperated, collaborated, partnered, conspired, incited, instigated, prompted, urged, guided, directed, influenced, motivated, inspired, stimulated, activated, energized, invigorated, propelled, pushed, driven, spurred, goaded, egged on, cheered on, rallied, seconded [x]