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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, filching, larceny, pilfering, robbery, stealing, thievishness |
| Main Entry: | pilferage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | larceny |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving, touch* |
| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Stealing. |
| Category: | 2. Transfer of Property |
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-nouns
stealing; theft, thievery, latrociny, direption; abstraction, appropriation; plagiary, plagiarism; autoplagiarism; latrocinium., spoliation, plunder, pillage; sack, sackage; rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia, rape, depredation, raid; blackmail., piracy, privateering, buccaneering; license to plunder, letters of marque., filibustering, filibusterism; burglary; housebreaking; badger game., robbery, hold-up [U.S.]., peculation, embezzlement; fraud; larceny, petty larceny, shoplifting., thievishness, rapacity, kleptomania, Alsatia, den of Cacus, den of thieves., Black Hand [U.S.].
-verbs
steal, thieve, rob, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm; abstract; appropriate, plagiarize., convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize (lay violent hands on) [more]., plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach; smuggle, run; badger; bail up, hold up, stick up; bunco, bunko, filibuster., swindle, peculate, embezzle; sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece; defraud; obtain under false pretenses; live by one's wits., rob Peterto pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul; set a thief to catch a thief., disregard the distinction between meum and tuum., [receive stolen goods] fence, launder, launder money.
-adjectives
thieving; thievish, light-fingered; furacious, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial; raptorial (rapacious)., stolen
-phrases
sic vos non vobis.
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| Antonyms: | restitution |
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