| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. Something offered or bought at a low price: bargain. Informal : buy, deal. See MONEY, TRANSACTIONS. 2. The crime of taking someone else's property without consent: larceny, pilferage, theft, thievery. Slang : rip-off. See CRIMES. | | VERB: | 1. To move silently and furtively: creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak. Slang : gumshoe. See MOVE. 2. To take (another's property) without permission: filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, thieve. Informal : lift, swipe. Slang : cop, heist, hook, nip1, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idioms: make (or walk) off with. See CRIMES, GIVE.
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