| Main Entry: | abduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take by force and without permission |
Synonyms: |
carry off, dognap, grab, kidnap, make off with, put the snatch on, remove, seize, shanghai, snatch, sneeze, spirit away |
Antonyms: |
give up, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | apologize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express remorse, regret |
Synonyms: |
admit guilt, ask forgiveness, ask pardon, atone, beg pardon, bow to, clear oneself, confess, cop a plea, cop out, crawl*, excuse oneself, get down on knees, give satisfaction, make amends, make reparations, make up for, make up with, offer compensation, offer excuse, purge, retract, say one is sorry, square*, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
defy |
| Main Entry: | intercept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | head off; interrupt |
Synonyms: |
ambush, appropriate, arrest, block, catch, check, curb, cut in, cut off, deflect, head off at pass, hijack, hinder, interlope, interpose, make off with, obstruct, prevent, seize, shortstop, stop, take, take away |
Antonyms: |
abet, forward, help |
| Main Entry: | kidnap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; hold for ransom |
Synonyms: |
body snatch, bundle off, capture, carry away, carry off, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lay hands on, lure, make off with, pirate, remove, run away with, seduce, seize, shanghai, skyjack, snatch, spirit away, steal, waylay |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | shoplift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, lift*, loot, make off with, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, rip off, run off with, snatch*, stick up, swipe, take, walk off with |
| Main Entry: | snatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab away |
Synonyms: |
abduct, catch, clap hands on, clutch, collar, gain, get fingers on, grapple, grasp, grip, jerk, jump, kidnap, make off with, nab, nail, pluck, pull, rescue, seize, snag, spirit away, steal, take, win, wrench, wrest, yank |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, lift*, loot, make off with, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, remove, rip off, shoplift, swipe, take, walk off with |
| 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 |