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steal - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak around |
| Synonyms: | creep, flit, glide, insinuate, lurk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, tiptoe, go stealthily, pass quietly |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something purchased |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, bargain, deal, investment, purchase, steal, value, closeout, good deal |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do out of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | balk, bilk, con, deceive, deprive, steal, swindle, trick, beat out of |
| Main Entry: | flimflam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, swindle |
| Synonyms: | bilk, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, defraud, diddle*, dupe*, fleece, fool, gull, gyp*, hose*, rip off*, rook*, scam, shaft, steal, trick, gip*, pull a fast one, sandbag, take for a ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hijack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize control |
| Synonyms: | commandeer, kidnap, shanghai, steal, carjack, skyjack, take hostage |
| Main Entry: | inexpensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not high priced |
| Synonyms: | bargain, budget, buy, cheap, dime a dozen, economical, low, low-priced, modest, nominal, popular, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty, cost next to nothing, cut-rate, dirt-cheap, for a song, half-price, low-cost, marked down, popularly priced, real buy, real steal |
| Antonyms: | costly, dear, expensive, high-priced, high-cost |
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass, infract |
| Notes: | to impinge is to come into contact or encroach or have an impact; to infringe is to encroach on a right or privilege or to violate |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | kidnap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; hold for ransom |
| Synonyms: | capture, coax, decoy, entice, grab, hijack, impress, inveigh, lure, pirate, remove, seduce, seize, shanghai*, snatch, steal, waylay, body snatch, bundle off, carry away, carry off, lay hands on, make off with, run away with, skyjack, spirit away* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | larceny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, lift, pinch, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch*, misappropriation, pilfering, purloining |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | creep, crouch, gumshoe, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, steal, wait, conceal oneself, go furtively, lie in wait, stay hidden |
| Antonyms: | come out |
| Main Entry: | mug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold up |
| Synonyms: | assault, hold up*, rob, steal, purse-snatch, stick up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | prowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | cruise, hunt, lurk, patrol, range, roam, rove, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp, nose around, scavenge |
| Antonyms: | rush |
| Main Entry: | purchase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession obtained with money |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, asset, bargain, booty*, buy, gain, investment, property, steal, acquirement |
| Antonyms: | sale, sell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
| Synonyms: | avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw*, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt*, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel* |
| Antonyms: | plod |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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