| 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: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | abduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking away by force |
Synonyms: |
appropriation, kidnapping, rape, seizure, theft |
| 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: | contraband |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black-market production |
Synonyms: |
bootlegging, counterfeiting, crime, dealing, goods*, moonshine, piracy, plunder, poaching, rum-running, smuggling, stuff, swag, theft, trafficking, violation, wetbacking |
Antonyms: |
legal goods |
| 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: | embezzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing money, often from employer |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving |
Antonyms: |
compensation, pay, reimbursement, return |
| Main Entry: | extortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail; cheating |
Synonyms: |
arm, badger, bite, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, force, fraud, oppression, payoff, payola, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown, squeeze, stealing, swindle, theft |
| Main Entry: | heist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burglary, robbery |
Synonyms: |
break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, five-finger discount, holdup, larceny, pilferage, rip-off, stickup, sting, theft |
| Main Entry: | holdup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | take goods illegally by force |
Synonyms: |
burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stickup, theft |