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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take by force and without permission |
| Synonyms: | carry off, dognap, grab, kidnap, make off with, put the snatch on, remove, seize, shanghai, snatch, sneeze, spirit away |
| Antonyms: | give up, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | ravish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sexually assault |
| Synonyms: | abduct, abuse, force, rape, violate |
| Main Entry: | shanghai |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kidnap |
| Synonyms: | abduct, capture, carry away, carry off, grab, hijack, hold for ransom, pirate, run away with, seize, skyjack, snatch |
Example Sentences
- Crazed turkeys attack, aliens abduct cows, and robots slaughter the townspeople.
- The same pistol-toting thugs tried to abduct him from his sickbed, but fled when another patient raised the alarm.
- Bachelors form harems by successfully competing to abduct fillies, or unbred females.
| Main Entry: | snatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab away |
| Synonyms: | abduct, catch, clap hands on, clutch, collar, gain, get fingers on, grapple, grasp, grip, jerk, jump, kidnap, make off with, nab, nail, pluck, pull, rescue, seize, snag, spirit away, steal, take, win, wrench, wrest, yank |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
| Main Entry: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take something without permission |
| Synonyms: | abduct, appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle, heist, hold for ransom, hold up, housebreak, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot, make off with, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, pirate, plagiarize, plunder, poach, purloin, ransack, remove, rifle, rip off, run off with, sack, shoplift, snitch, spirit away, stick up, strip, swindle, swipe, take, take possession of, thieve, walk off with, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get; help oneself to |
| Synonyms: | abduct, accept, acquire, arrest, attain, capture, carry off, carve out, catch, clasp, clutch, collar, collect, earn, ensnare, entrap, gain possession, gather up, get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, handle, haul in, have, hold, lay hold of, obtain, overtake, pick up, prehend, pull in, reach, reap, receive, secure, seize, snag, snatch, strike, take hold of, take in, win |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | abduct, abstract, accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, carry off, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, filch, haul in, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off, run off with, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch, swipe, take in |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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