| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away from |
| Synonyms: | detach, disconnect, disengage, dissociate, extract, isolate, part, remove, separate, steal, take out, uncouple, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | add, combine, fill, insert, introduce, unite |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something bought at cheap price |
| Synonyms: | budget price, buy, closeout, deal, discount, giveaway, good buy, good deal, good value, low price, markdown, nominal price, reduction, steal, value |
| Antonyms: | rip-off |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt from another source; appropriate |
| Synonyms: | acquire, adopt, assume, copy, filch, imitate, make one's own, obtain, pilfer, pirate, plagiarize, simulate, steal, take, use, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, return |
| Main Entry: | break in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intrude |
| Synonyms: | barge in, breach, break and enter, burglarize, burgle, burst in, butt in, interfere, interject, interrupt, intervene, invade, meddle, raid, rob, steal, trespass |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something purchased |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, bargain, closeout, deal, good deal, investment, purchase, steal, value |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
| Synonyms: | at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement, bargain-counter, bought for a song, budget, buy, cheapo, competitive, cost next to nothing, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen, easy on the pocketbook, economical, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | costly, dear, expensive |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate |
| Synonyms: | act like, ape, burlesque, do, do a take-off, do like, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, fake, follow, follow example, follow suit, go like, illustrate, incarnate, knock off, make like, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, pirate, play a role, prefigure, repeat, sham, simulate, steal, take leaf out of book, take off, travesty, typify |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | be original |