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mis-appropriate
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly; steal |
| Synonyms: | abuse, appropriate, defalcate, embezzle, misapply, misspend, misuse, peculate, plunder, pocket, rob, swindle |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, use wisely |
| Main Entry: | embezzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal money, often from employer |
| Synonyms: | abstract, appropriate, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till, skim, thieve |
| Antonyms: | compensate, give, pay, reimburse, return |
| 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: | purloin |
| 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: | 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: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | abduct, abstract, accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, carry off, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, filch, haul in, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off, run off with, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch, swipe, take in |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misapply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misuse |
| Synonyms: | defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, misemploy, pervert, steal |
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