hawasim n. a looter or thief. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
hawasim n.— «Some of his customers, he said, are hawasim, looters who took part in the rampant plundering of government buildings, banks, Iraqi army bases and businesses after the war.» —“Baghdad Real Estate Sizzles Amid...
hawasim n.— «Saddam had called this war the Harb Al Hawasim, the Final War, and Iraqis immediately renamed looted goods in Iraq Hawasim.» —“Beyond Fallujah” by Patrick Graham in Iraq Harper’s June 1, 2004...
hawasim n.— «According to residents of the area, hundreds of tanks have been purchased from civilians, Al-Hawasim gangs [a term used by Iraqis to refer to the thieves well-nourished during and after the last war, which was named Al...
hawasim n.— «I said “do you have a car?!” he said “yes, doctor,” at once I concluded that he was a thief (in slang known as Hawasim, a name derived from Saddam’s description to the coming war at that time as Al...