| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | depredation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devastation, destruction |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, desecration, desolation, despoiling, laying waste, marauding, pillage, plunder, ransacking, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sacking, spoliation, stealing, theft, wasting |
Antonyms: |
boon, construction, goodness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | felony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
Synonyms: |
arson, assault, burglary, criminal offense, foul play, murder, offense, rape, robbery, violation, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | holdup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | take goods illegally by force |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stickup, theft |
| 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: | stickup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holdup |
Synonyms: |
armed robbery, burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stealing, theft |
| 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: | breaking and entering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlawful entry |
Synonyms: |
break and entry, break-in, burglarizing, burglary, housebreaking, robbery, second-story work |
| Main Entry: | stealing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
Synonyms: |
burglary, embezzlement, larceny, piracy, robbery, shoplifting |