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pinching
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help oneself to something |
| Synonyms: | abstract, appropriate, conceal, enclose, filch, hide, lift, nab, pilfer, pinch, purloin, shoplift, steal, swipe, take |
| Antonyms: | give |
| 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: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve |
| Antonyms: | care for, clean, neaten, tidy |
| Main Entry: | rip off |
| 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: | 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: | run in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, bust, collar, cop, detain, handcuff, jail, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put the cuffs on, take into custody, throw in jail |
| Antonyms: | exonerate, free, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, hurt |
| Synonyms: | beat, blemish, brand, cut, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, injure, maim, mar, pinch, score, scratch, slash, stab, traumatize |
| Antonyms: | perfect, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very frugal |
| Synonyms: | cut it close, get along, get by, pinch, save, scrimp, shave, skimp, stint, struggle |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, waste |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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