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steal
verb as in take something without permission
Strongest matches
abduct, divert, embezzle, keep, kidnap, loot, pilfer, plunder, ransack, remove, strip, swipe, take
Strong matches
appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, heist, housebreak, lift, misappropriate, peculate, pillage, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, poach, purloin, rifle, sack, shoplift, snitch, swindle, thieve, withdraw
Weak matches
carry off, hold for ransom, hold up, make off with, rip off, run off with, spirit away, stick up, take possession of, walk off with
Example Sentences
“They’re millionaires, these Jews!” he hears them say, as they careen with him to Gaza in a stolen car.
“When criminals steal or destroy the natural resources that support California’s extraordinary biodiversity, we are committed to stopping them,” said a state wildlife official.
“Someone might have stolen my spot because they ran down a 3,000-meter ski chute where gravity is helping you,” he said.
Many investors want to hold the cryptocurrencies bitcoin or ether without the hassle of holding the cryptocurrency, which can be lost or stolen.
“Rwanda is likely funding these events and sponsorships with money from minerals stolen from Congo,” Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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