| burglar | | |
| n. (person) | 1. burglar | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal. |
| ~ cat burglar, housebreaker | a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house. |
| ~ stealer, thief | a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. |
| theft | | |
| n. (act) | 1. larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully.; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" |
| ~ breach of trust with fraudulent intent | larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking. |
| ~ felony | a serious crime (such as murder or arson). |
| ~ embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, defalcation, misapplication | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. |
| ~ pilferage | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles. |
| ~ shoplifting, shrinkage | the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting" |
| ~ robbery | larceny by threat of violence. |
| ~ biopiracy | biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use. |
| ~ grand larceny, grand theft | larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale). |
| ~ petit larceny, petty, petty larceny | larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). |
| ~ skimming | failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it. |
| ~ rustling | the stealing of cattle. |
| thief | | |
| n. (person) | 1. stealer, thief | a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. |
| ~ bandit, brigand | an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band. |
| ~ shoplifter, lifter, booster | a thief who steals goods that are in a store. |
| ~ burglar | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal. |
| ~ criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. |
| ~ dacoit, dakoit | a member of an armed gang of robbers. |
| ~ defalcator, embezzler, peculator | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use. |
| ~ body snatcher, ghoul, graverobber | someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection. |
| ~ graverobber | someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts. |
| ~ holdup man, stickup man | an armed thief. |
| ~ larcener, larcenist | a person who commits larceny. |
| ~ cutpurse, pickpocket, dip | a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places. |
| ~ literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist, plagiarizer | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own. |
| ~ despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). |
| ~ robber | a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence. |
| ~ cattle thief, rustler | someone who steals livestock (especially cattle). |
| ~ cracksman, safebreaker, safecracker | a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents. |
| ~ snatcher | a thief who grabs and runs.; "a purse snatcher" |
| ~ pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher | a thief who steals without using violence. |
| burglarise | | |
| v. (social) | 1. burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist | commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| ~ break in, break | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" |
| burglarize | | |
| rob | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. rob | take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" |
| ~ stick up, hold up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. |
| ~ pick | pilfer or rob.; "pick pockets" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (possession) | 2. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze | obtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| steal | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. bargain, buy, steal | an advantageous purchase.; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" |
| ~ purchase | something acquired by purchase. |
| ~ song | a very small sum.; "he bought it for a song" |
| ~ travel bargain | a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes). |
| n. (act) | 2. steal | a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch). |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| v. (possession) | 3. steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| ~ cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, pinch, sneak, hook, lift | make off with belongings of others. |
| ~ rustle, lift | take illegally.; "rustle cattle" |
| ~ shoplift | steal in a store. |
| ~ pirate | copy illegally; of published material. |
| ~ plagiarise, plagiarize, lift | take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. |
| ~ pocket, bag | take unlawfully. |
| ~ defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" |
| ~ rob | take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" |
| ~ cop, glom, snitch, thieve, knock off, hook | take by theft.; "Someone snitched my wallet!" |
| ~ walk off | take without permission.; "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch" |
| ~ pluck, hustle, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ loot, plunder | take illegally; of intellectual property.; "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
| ~ burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist | commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling. |
| v. (motion) | 4. slip, steal | move stealthily.; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (competition) | 5. steal | steal a base. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance | obtain advantages, such as points, etc..; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" |
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