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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copying of another's written work |
| Synonyms: | appropriation, borrowing, counterfeiting, cribbing, falsification, fraud, infringement, lifting, literary theft, piracy, stealing, theft |
| Antonyms: | original, originality |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | pilfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, embezzle |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, borrow, cop, crib*, filch, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, palm, pinch*, pluck, purloin, requisition, rip off, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | cop, crib*, filch, knock off, lift*, nab, pilfer, purloin, rob, snatch, swipe, take |
| Antonyms: | give, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise, dissemble, do, do a take-off, do like, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, gloss over, invent, knock off, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, playact, pose, prevaricate, put on an act, put on*, replicate, reproduce, resemble, steal |
| Antonyms: | be real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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