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| Main Entry: |
rip off
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rob; trick |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appropriate, bleed, cheat, con*, cop, defraud, dupe, exploit, filch, fleece, heist, impose on, lift*, nab, pilfer, pinch, plunder, ransack, relieve, rifle, skin*, soak*, stick*, swindle, swipe, thieve, use |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | screw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pressure |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, coerce, constrain, defraud, do*, exact, extort, extract, force, hold a knife to, oppress, pinch*, pressurize, put screws to, ream, shake down, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoplift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, lift*, loot, make off with, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, rip off, run off with, snatch*, stick up, swipe, take, walk off with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shortchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, bilk, deceive, defraud, double-deal, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hose, mislead, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stiff, swindle, take, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | burglarize, carry off, defraud, embezzle, heist, hold up, keep, lift*, loot, make off with, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, remove, rip off, shoplift, swipe, take, walk off with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, steal |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, do*, dupe, extort, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame*, fudge, gouge, gull, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, trim*, victimize |
| Antonyms: | donate, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, deceive |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat*, bilk, con, cozen, defraud, do*, dupe, fiddle, flimflam, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one, swindle, take for a ride, trick |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, fool |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, cheat, con, defraud, delude, do*, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, four-flush, gull, hoodwink, lie, mislead, pull wool over eyes, swindle, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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