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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe upon; trespass |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, encroach, filch, fish illegally, hunt illegally, intrude, pilfer, plunder, rob, smuggle, steal |
| Antonyms: | keep off |
| Main Entry: | coddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil lightly, usually eggs |
| Synonyms: | brew, cook, poach, simmer, steam |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase for killing |
| Synonyms: | beat the bushes, bird-dog, capture, course, dog, drag, drive, fish, follow, give chase, grouse, gun for, gun*, hawk, heel, hound, kill, look for, poach, press, pursue, ride, run, scent, scratch, scratch around, seek, shadow, shoot, snare, stalk, start, track, trail |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe, offend |
| Synonyms: | butt in, chisel in, crash, crash the gates, deviate, displease, do wrong by, encroach, entrench, err, horn in, interlope, intrude, invade, kibitz, lapse, meddle, misbehave, mix in, muscle in, nose in, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, stick nose in, transgress, violate, wrong |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
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