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| Main Entry: | pilfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, embezzle |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, borrow, cop*, crib*, filch*, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, pinch*, pluck*, purloin, requisition, rip off*, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, palm*, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, bilk |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of*, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive*, milk*, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off*, rob, shaft*, shuck*, stick*, sucker into, swindle, take in*, take to the cleaner's, take*, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | contribute, help, repay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embezzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal money, often from employer |
| Synonyms: | abstract, appropriate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, skim, thieve, defalcate, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till |
| 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, snitch*, swipe, take, thieve, snipe, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | contribute, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search madly for |
| Synonyms: | beat, comb, explore, grub, hunt, pilfer, plunder, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, rummage, scour, scrounge, seek, cast about, fine-tooth-comb |
| Main Entry: | pillage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, destroy |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate |
| Antonyms: | protect, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe upon; trespass |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, encroach, filch, intrude, pilfer, plunder, rob, smuggle, steal, fish illegally, hunt illegally |
| Antonyms: | keep off |
| 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: | purloin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, cheat, defraud, embezzle, filch, heist, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, rip off*, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve, burglarize, make off with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, filch, go through, gut*, hunt, investigate, lift, look into, loot, 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, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, thieve, ferret, go over with a fine-tooth comb, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, look all over for, look high and low, make off with, shake down*, take away |
| Antonyms: | clean, neaten, tidy, care for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rip off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rob; trick |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appropriate, bleed*, cheat, con*, cop*, defraud, dupe, exploit, filch*, fleece*, heist, lift*, nab*, pilfer, pinch, plunder, ransack, relieve, rifle, skin*, soak*, stick*, swindle, swipe, thieve, use, impose on |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, deprive |
| Synonyms: | abscond, appropriate, bereave, cheat, con, cop*, 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*, strip, strong-arm*, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold, break into, burglarize, burgle, defalcate, stick up |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoplift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, lift*, loot, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, rip off*, snatch*, swipe, take, burglarize, carry off, make off with, run off with, stick up*, walk off with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | filch, hook, loot, pilfer, rip off, rob, swipe |
| Antonyms: | buy, give, purchase |
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, lift*, loot, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, remove, rip off*, shoplift, swipe, take, burglarize, carry off, make off with, walk off with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take something without permission |
| Synonyms: | abduct, appropriate, blackmail, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize, plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove, rifle, rip off*, sack*, shoplift, snitch*, strip, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withdraw, burglarize, carry off, hold for ransom, housebreak*, make off with, run off with, spirit away*, stick up*, take possession of, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | annex, borrow, clap*, confiscate, cop, embezzle, filch, grab, hijack, liberate, lift, misappropriate, pilfer, pocket, secure, snatch, swipe*, usurp, get fingers on, get hands on, glom on to, grab hold of, moonlight requisition, take over |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, bestow, give, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt from another source; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, return |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | filch, loot, pilfer, pinch, plunder, purloin, ransack, relieve, rifle, rip off*, rob, thieve, knock over |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swipe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, cop, filch, heist, hook, lift, nab, nick, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, snitch, make off with |
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