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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Notes: | burglary can take place when the victim is not there and is the theft of property without the owner being aware of the crime; in robbery, the victim is present and is confronted |
| Main Entry: | depredation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devastation, destruction |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, desecration, desolation, despoiling, laying waste, marauding, pillage, plunder, ransacking, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sacking, spoliation, stealing, theft, wasting |
| Antonyms: | boon, construction, goodness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | felony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
| Synonyms: | arson, assault, burglary, criminal offense, foul play, murder, offense, rape, robbery, violation, wrongdoing |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
| Main Entry: | holdup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | take goods illegally by force |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stickup, theft |
| Main Entry: | larceny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, lift, misappropriation, pilfering, pinch, purloining, robbery, steal, stealing, thievery, thieving, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stickup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holdup |
| Synonyms: | armed robbery, burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stealing, theft |
| 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: | breaking and entering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlawful entry |
| Synonyms: | break and entry, break-in, burglarizing, burglary, housebreaking, robbery, second-story work |
| Main Entry: | stealing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theft |
| Synonyms: | burglary, embezzlement, larceny, piracy, robbery, shoplifting |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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