| Main Entry: | thieving/thievish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal, larcenous, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, sticky-fingered |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, philanthropic |
| Main Entry: | thieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal, larcenous, light-fingered, pilfering, piratic, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, sticky-fingered, thievish |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, philanthropic |
| Main Entry: | thieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
filch, hook, loot, pilfer, rip off, rob, swipe |
Antonyms: |
buy, give, purchase |
| 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: | embezzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal money, often from employer |
Synonyms: |
abstract, appropriate, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till, skim, thieve |
Antonyms: |
compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return |
| 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: | filch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
cop, crib*, embezzle, hustle*, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, rip off, rob, scrounge, sneak, snipe, snitch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
Antonyms: |
contribute, give |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
filch, knock over, loot, pilfer, pinch, plunder, purloin, ransack, relieve, rifle, rip off, rob, thieve |
Antonyms: |
give |
| 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: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
abstract, appropriate, cop, copy, crib, filch, hook, nip, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, pocket, purloin, snitch, swipe, take, thieve |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |