| Main Entry: | peculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appropriate |
Synonyms: |
embezzle, steal |
| 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: | misappropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly; steal |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appropriate, defalcate, embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, plunder, pocket, rob, swindle |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, use wisely |
| Main Entry: | rob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, deprive |
Synonyms: |
abscond, appropriate, bereave, break into, burglarize, burgle, cheat, con, cop, defalcate, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, do out of, embezzle, filch, heist, hijack, hold up, hustle, liberate, lift*, loot, lose, mug, oust, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, promote, purloin, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, roll*, sack, scrounge, snitch, stick up, strip, strong-arm, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| 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 |