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81thieve — v. n. 1. Steal, pilfer, purloin. 2. Swindle, peculate, shark. 3. Plagiarize …
82steal — I. v. a. 1. Purloin, pilfer, filch, poach, peculate, embezzle, swindle, make off with, come unlawfully by. 2. Allure, win, gain, draw over. 3. Convey secretly. 4. Take secretly, accomplish secretly. II. v. n. 1. Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise… …
83steal — 1. verb 1) the burglars stole a fax machine Syn: purloin, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, run off with, abscond with, carry off, shoplift; embezzle, misappropriate; informal walk off with, rob, swipe, snatch …
84thieve — verb before we were out of diapers, we were learning how to thieve anything that wasn t nailed down Syn: steal, take, purloin, help oneself to, snatch, pilfer; embezzle, misappropriate; have one s fingers/hand in the till, rob; swipe, make off… …
85appropriate — adj 1. suitable, fitting, befitting, meet, proper, becoming, seemly; suited, fit, well suited, likely, agreeable, adapted, congruous; expedient, due, (of punishment) condign. 2. timely, felicitous, seasonable, convenient, opportune. 3. apt,… …
86convert — v 1. transmute, transubstantiate, transform, transfigure, metamorphose, translate, transmogrify; change, alter, modify, permute, mutate, metabolize; transshape, reshape, recast, refashion, remake, redo; restyle, remodel, reconstruct, rebuild;… …
87embezzle — v misappropriate, peculate, Law. defalcate, misapply, misuse; steal, rob, purloin, abstract; dip into the public purse, Inf. rob the till, Inf. have one s hand in the till; defraud, swindle, thieve, filch, cheat; pluck, fleece, rook, bilk …
88filch — v 1. steal, thieve, rob, pilfer, purloin, finger, pick, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit. prig, Brit. Sl. snaffle, Euph. borrow, Archaic. nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, convert; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost,… …
89fleece — n 1. coat, coating, covering, hide; pelage, fur, hair, plumage, feathers; wool, down, fluff, fuzz; shag, pile, nap; Bot., Zool. pubescence, Bot. tomen tum, Bot. villus; Biol. (usu. of newborns) lanugo. v 2. shear, clip, poll, flay; shorten, trim …
90misappropriate — v 1. steal, peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark. 2. misuse, misemploy, misapply; abuse, profane, desecrate, prostitute, pervert; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate, Sl. blow …
