| surreptitious | | |
| adj. | 1. furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" |
| ~ concealed | hidden on any grounds for any motive.; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" |
| adj. | 2. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" |
| ~ covert | secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed.; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" |
| 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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