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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
| Synonyms: | banish, bereave, boot out, bounce*, bundle off, cast out, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expulse, fire, force out, give the 1-2-3, kick out, lay off, let go, lose, ostracize, pack off, pink slip, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing, show the door, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal, deprive |
| Synonyms: | abscond, appropriate, bereave, break into, burglarize, burgle, cheat, con, cop, defalcate, defraud, despoil, disinherit, dispossess, divest, do out of, embezzle, filch, heist, hijack, hold up, hustle, liberate, lift*, loot, lose, mug, oust, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, promote, purloin, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, roll*, sack, scrounge, snitch, stick up, strip, strong-arm, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, withhold |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away the right to redeem a mortgage |
| Synonyms: | confiscate, dispossess, expropriate, impound, seize |
| Main Entry: | bereave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive |
| Synonyms: | dispossess, divest, leave, oust, rob, sadden, strip |
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