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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken |
| Synonyms: | abducted, appropriated, bagged, diverted, embezzled, filched, hijacked, kept, kidnapped, lifted, misappropriated, pinched, plagiarized, poached, purloined, ripped off, robbed, sacked, shanghaied, snatched, swiped |
| 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: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak around |
| Synonyms: | creep, flit, glide, go stealthily, insinuate, lurk, pass quietly, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | abducted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken away by force |
| Synonyms: | appropriated, kidnapped, seized, snatched, stolen |
| Main Entry: | misbegotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegitimate, illicit |
| Synonyms: | baseborn, bastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, stolen, suppositious, unlawful, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | lawful, legal, legitimate, licit |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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