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stolen - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | stolen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken |
| Synonyms: | abducted, diverted, kept, kidnapped, appropriated, bagged, embezzled, filched, hijacked, lifted, misappropriated, pinched*, plagiarized, poached, purloined, ripped off*, robbed, sacked, shanghaied, snatched, swiped* |
* = 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: | 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: | abducted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken away by force |
| Synonyms: | kidnapped, seized, stolen, appropriated, snatched |
| Main Entry: | misbegotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegitimate, illicit |
| Synonyms: | bastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, stolen, unlawful, baseborn, suppositious, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | lawful, legal, legitimate, licit |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away from |
| Synonyms: | detach, disconnect, disengage, dissociate, extract, isolate, part, remove, separate, steal, withdraw, take out, uncouple |
| Antonyms: | add, combine, fill, insert, introduce, unite |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech*, milk*, mulct, overcharge, rook*, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm, pauperize, put the screws to |
* = 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: | break in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intrude |
| Synonyms: | barge in, breach, butt in*, interfere, interject, interrupt, intervene, invade, meddle, raid, rob, steal, trespass, break and enter, burglarize, burgle, burst in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, do, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, fake, follow, follow suit, illustrate, incarnate, knock off*, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, pirate, prefigure, repeat, sham, simulate, steal, take off*, travesty, typify, act like, do a take-off, do like, follow example, go like, make like, play a role, take leaf out of book |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
| Synonyms: | creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, sidle, steal, nose out*, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, worm* |
| Antonyms: | lose, wallop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
| 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: | 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: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk quietly; walk ploddingly |
| Synonyms: | creep, hike, march, patter*, plod, pussyfoot*, sneak, steal, traipse, tramp, trek, trudge, go barefoot, pitter-patter |
* = 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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