| Main Entry: | larceny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch* |
| 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: | embezzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing money, often from employer |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving |
Antonyms: |
compensation, pay, reimbursement, return |
| Main Entry: | heist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burglary, robbery |
Synonyms: |
break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, five-finger discount, holdup, larceny, pilferage, rip-off, stickup, sting, theft |
| Main Entry: | rip-off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick; robbery |
Synonyms: |
cheat, con*, exploitation, fraud, gyp, larceny, lift*, pinch*, purloining, racket, steal, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, thieving |
Antonyms: |
gift, giving, offering |
| Main Entry: | robbery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
Synonyms: |
break-in, burglary, caper, embezzlement, felony, heist, hit, holdup, job, larceny, looting, mortal sin, mugging, purse-snatching, stickup, theft, thievery, unlawful act, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
Synonyms: |
annexation, appropriation, break-in, burglary, caper, cheating, crime, defrauding, deprivation, embezzlement, extortion, filch, fleece, fraud, grab*, heist, holdup, hustle*, job*, larceny, lift*, looting, mugging, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, pillage, pinch*, piracy, plunder, purloining, racket, rapacity, rip-off, robbery, robbing, score*, shoplifting, snatch*, snitch, steal, stickup, swindle, swindling, swiping, thievery, thieving, touch*, vandalism |
Antonyms: |
return |
| Main Entry: | stealing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
Synonyms: |
burglary, embezzlement, larceny, piracy, robbery, shoplifting |
| Main Entry: | thievery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
Synonyms: |
burglary, filching, larceny, pilfering, robbery, stealing, thievishness |
| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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