Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holdup |
| Synonyms: | armed robbery, burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stealing, theft |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | holdup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | take goods illegally by force |
| Synonyms: | burglary, crime, mugging, robbery, stickup, theft |
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat*, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robbery |
| 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
