| Main Entry: | purloin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, burglarize, cheat, defraud, embezzle, filch, heist, lift*, make off with, misappropriate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, rip off, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve |
| Main Entry: | embezzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal money, often from employer |
Synonyms: |
abstract, appropriate, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till, skim, thieve |
Antonyms: |
compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return |
| Main Entry: | filch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
cop, crib*, embezzle, hustle*, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, rip off, rob, scrounge, sneak, snipe, snitch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
Antonyms: |
contribute, give |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
filch, knock over, loot, pilfer, pinch, plunder, purloin, ransack, relieve, rifle, rip off, rob, thieve |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
abstract, appropriate, cop, copy, crib, filch, hook, nip, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, pocket, purloin, snitch, swipe, take, thieve |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | pilfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, embezzle |
Synonyms: |
annex, appropriate, borrow, cop, crib*, filch, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, palm, pinch*, pluck, purloin, requisition, rip off, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | pillage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, destroy |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lay waste, lift*, loot, maraud, nab, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, spoliate, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste |
Antonyms: |
protect, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
cop, crib*, filch, knock off, lift*, nab, pilfer, purloin, rob, snatch, swipe, take |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help oneself to something |
Synonyms: |
abstract, appropriate, conceal, enclose, filch, hide, lift, nab, pilfer, pinch, purloin, shoplift, steal, swipe, take |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve |
Antonyms: |
care for, clean, neaten, tidy |