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larceny
[lahr-suh-nee] 
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larceny
[lahr-suh-nee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | embezzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing money, often from employer |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving |
| Antonyms: | compensation, pay, reimbursement, return |
| Main Entry: | heist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burglary, robbery |
| Synonyms: | break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, five-finger discount, holdup, larceny, pilferage, rip-off, stickup, sting, theft |
| Main Entry: | rip-off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick; robbery |
| Synonyms: | cheat, con*, exploitation, fraud, gyp, larceny, lift*, pinch*, purloining, racket, steal, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, thieving |
| Antonyms: | gift, giving, offering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robbery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
| Synonyms: | break-in, burglary, caper, embezzlement, felony, heist, hit, holdup, job, larceny, looting, mortal sin, mugging, purse-snatching, stickup, theft, thievery, unlawful act, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
| Synonyms: | annexation, appropriation, break-in, burglary, caper, cheating, crime, defrauding, deprivation, embezzlement, extortion, filch, fleece, fraud, grab*, heist, holdup, hustle*, job*, larceny, lift*, looting, mugging, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, pillage, pinch*, piracy, plunder, purloining, racket, rapacity, rip-off, robbery, robbing, score*, shoplifting, snatch*, snitch, steal, stickup, swindle, swindling, swiping, thievery, thieving, touch*, vandalism |
| Antonyms: | return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stealing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, embezzlement, larceny, piracy, robbery, shoplifting |
| Main Entry: | thievery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, filching, larceny, pilfering, robbery, stealing, thievishness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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