| plunder | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag | goods or money obtained illegally. |
| ~ stolen property | property that has been stolen. |
| ~ cut | a share of the profits.; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
| v. (possession) | 2. loot, plunder | take illegally; of intellectual property.; "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (possession) | 3. plunder, sack | plunder (a town) after capture.; "the barbarians sacked Rome" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| v. (possession) | 4. despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | steal goods; take as spoils.; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| ~ deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes. |
| v. (contact) | 5. despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate | destroy and strip of its possession.; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| 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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