| Main Entry: | burglary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing from residence, business |
Synonyms: |
break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, filching, heist, housebreaking, larceny, owl job, pilferage, prowl, robbery, safecracking, second-story work, sting, theft, thieving |
| Notes: | burglary can take place when the victim is not there and is the theft of property without the owner being aware of the crime; in robbery, the victim is present and is confronted |
| Main Entry: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take something without permission |
Synonyms: |
abduct, appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle, heist, hold for ransom, hold up, housebreak, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot, make off with, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize, plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove, rifle, rip off, run off with, sack, shoplift, snitch, spirit away, stick up, strip, swindle, swipe, take, take possession of, thieve, walk off with, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | domesticate, make compliant |
Synonyms: |
break, break in, break the spirit, bridle, bring to heel, bust, check, conquer, curb, discipline, domesticize, domiciliate, enslave, gentle, house-train, housebreak, humble, mitigate, mute, pacify, repress, restrain, soften, subdue, subjugate, suppress, temper, tone down, train, vanquish, water down |
| Main Entry: | breaking and entering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlawful entry |
Synonyms: |
break and entry, break-in, burglarizing, burglary, housebreaking, robbery, second-story work |
| Main Entry: | break-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trespass |
Synonyms: |
breaking and entering, burglary, forced entry, housebreaking, robbery |