| Main Entry: | arrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim without justification |
Synonyms: |
accroach, appropriate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, give, hand over |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
Synonyms: |
accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
Synonyms: |
accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confisticate, expropriate, glom on to, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take over, usurp |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | expropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
Synonyms: |
accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | preempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take over in place of another |
Synonyms: |
accroach, acquire, annex, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bump, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
abduct, abstract, accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, carry off, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, filch, haul in, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off, run off with, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch, swipe, take in |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | usurp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take over |
Synonyms: |
accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, butt in, clap hands on, commandeer, cut out, displace, elbow in, get hands on, grab, grab hold of, highjack, infringe upon, lay hold of, muscle in, preempt, seize, squeeze in, supplant, swipe, take, work in, worm in, wrest |
Antonyms: |
give in, relinquish, surrender |