Thesaurus:steal
English
Synonyms
- steal
- abduct
- abstract (euphemism)
- appropriate
- bag
- bandit [⇒ thesaurus]
- bash and grab
- bone
- boost
- burgle
- burglarize
- borrow [⇒ thesaurus]
- cheat
- chore
- commandeer
- confiscate
- convert
- cop
- cozen
- crib
- embezzle
- filch
- fleece
- flog (Australia)
- gaffle
- gilravage (Scotland)
- half-inch (Cockney rhyming slang)
- heave (thieves' cant)
- heist
- jack
- kidnap
- knock off
- kipe
- kyper
- liberate [⇒ thesaurus]
- lift
- loot
- make off with
- mill (obsolete, thieves' cant)
- misappropriate
- mooch
- moonlight requisition
- nick
- nip
- own
- peculate
- pickpocket [⇒ thesaurus]
- pilfer
- pinch
- pillage
- pirate [⇒ thesaurus]
- plunder (common)
- poach
- prig
- purloin
- raid
- rape (obsolete sense)
- ransack
- reave
- rip
- rip off
- rob
- run off with
- snag
- snatch
- sniggle (obsolete)
- snitch (dated)
- swindle
- swipe
- thieve
- walk off with
Antonyms
- receive [⇒ thesaurus]
- return [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- buy [⇒ thesaurus]
- earn
- purchase [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
- dacoit (India)
- expropriate
- fly the blue pigeon (UK, slang, obsolete)
- nationalize
- shoplift
- twoc
Hypernyms
Various
See also
Further reading
- “791. stealing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “steal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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