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heisted
[hahyst] 
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purloin
[per-loin, pur-loin]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, burglarize, cheat, defraud, embezzle, filch, heist, lift*, make off with, misappropriate, pilfer, pillage, pinch*, plunder, poach, rip off, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | swipe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, cop, filch, heist, hook, lift, make off with, nab, nick, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, snitch |
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