Theft synonyms and antonyms

thĕft

pilferage

Something pilfered

robbery

Act or practice of robbing

extortion

The wrongful taking of something of value from another by the threat of force or other coercive measure.

misappropriation

The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

thieving

The action of theft.

swindle

An instance of swindling.

burglary

(Law, US) Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.

housebreaking (related)

shoplifting

(Uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.

break-in (related)

stealing

(Uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.

swindling

The act by which somebody is swindled.

cheating

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.

defrauding

rapacity

The quality of being rapacious; voracity.

fraud

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

piracy

(Nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.

pillage

Pillage is the act of taking or stealing something by force.

pilfering

The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.

plunder

The act of plundering; pillage; robbery

safecracking

The breaking open and robbing of safes

embezzlement

(Law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

credit-card misuse

deprivation

Deprivation is defined as the state of having something withheld from the enjoyment or possession of someone.

looting

The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.

appropriation

The taking of control or possession of property, especially the government’s taking of private property for a public purpose.

fleece

A soft, warm, lightweight, usually synthetic fabric with a deep pile, used primarily for clothing and blankets.

grab

The definition of a grab is a sudden snatch, or something that is suddenly or quickly taken.

holdup

(Chem.) The amount of liquid retained or delayed during fractional distillation and certain types of solvent extractions

reef

(Naut.) A part of a sail which can be folded or rolled up and made fast to reduce the area exposed to the wind, as during a storm

mugging

An assault upon a person especially with the intent to rob.

stickup

(Slang) holdup

crime (related)

(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.

piratical

Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates

caper

(Slang) An illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.

conversion

In criminal and tort law, the intentional deprivation of another of the benefit and use of his property, without his authorization or lawful justification, by possessing or disposing of the property as if it were one’s own or by an act (such as damaging or destroying it) that interferes with or is inconsistent with the owner’s right to sue and possess the property.

defalcation

The theft or misuse of funds, generally refers to improper use of money by government official or private trustee.

filching

The act of one who filches; theft.

heist

The definition of heist is slang for a robbery or burglary.

peculation

Embezzle-ment, especially when done by a public official.

plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of copying or stealing someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own work.

purloining

Theft

rustling

A series of rustles.

abscond

To go away hastily and secretly; run away and hide, esp. in order to escape the law

pilfer

Pilfer is defined as to steal a small item.

plagiarize

To reproduce or otherwise use (the words, ideas, or other work of another) as one's own or without attribution.

take

(Intransitive) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.

return (antonym)

A return ticket.

larceny

(Law) The taking of personal property without consent and with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it; theft: in some states of the U.S., and formerly in England, larceny in which the value of the property equals or exceeds a specified amount is grand larceny, and larceny involving lesser amounts is petit (or petty) larceny

steal

The definition of a steal is a great bargain or the act of taking goods that don't belong to you.

thievery

The act or practice of stealing or an instance of this; theft

rip-off

Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.

crimes (related)

Plural form of crime

stolen (related)

vandalism (related)

shoplift (related)

racket

Racket is defined as a loud noisy sound, or an act of illegally obtaining money.

pocket-picking

plagiaristic

Relating to plagiarism.

Synonym Study

Burglary in legal use implies a breaking into a house with intent to commit theft or other felony and is often restricted to such an act accomplished at night
Robbery is frequently used in the same general sense as theft , but in its strict legal sense implies the felonious taking of another's property from that person or in his or her immediate presence by the use of violence or intimidation
Theft is the general term and larceny the legal term for the unlawful or felonious taking away of another's property without his or her consent and with the intention of depriving the person of it

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