Synonyms of the word thieve


THIEVECOP - GLOM - HOOK - SNITCH - STEAL

thieve

  • v. (intransitive) To commit theft.

cop

  • n. (obsolete) A spider.
  • v. (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to…
  • v. (transitive) to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment…
  • v. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) to see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
  • v. (transitive) to steal.
  • v. (transitive) to adopt.
  • v. (intransitive, usually with "to", slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
  • n. (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
  • n. (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
  • n. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
  • n. (obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
  • n. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
  • n. (architecture, military) A merlon.

glom

  • v. (transitive, informal) To steal, to grab.
  • v. (intransitive) To stare.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To attach.

hook

  • n. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other…
  • n. A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.
  • n. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
  • n. (informal) A ship's anchor.
  • n. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
  • n. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.
  • n. (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
  • n. A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make…
  • n. A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
  • n. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
  • n. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the…
  • n. (baseball) A curveball.
  • n. (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more…
  • n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice,…
  • n. (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket,…
  • n. (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly…
  • n. (slang) A jack (the playing card).
  • n. (typography, rare) A háček.
  • n. (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter…
  • n. (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
  • n. (bridge, slang) A finesse.
  • n. A snare; a trap.
  • n. A field sown two years in succession.
  • n. (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
  • n. (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook…
  • v. (transitive) To attach a hook to.
  • v. (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
  • v. (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
  • v. (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
  • v. (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook.
  • v. (Britain, US, slang, archaic) To steal.
  • v. (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
  • v. (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
  • v. (cricket, golf) To play a hook shot.
  • v. (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated…
  • v. (field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick…
  • v. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
  • v. (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
  • v. (bridge, slang) To finesse.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.

snitch

  • v. (transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
  • v. (transitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
  • v. (slang, transitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
  • n. A thief.
  • n. An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
  • n. (Britain) A nose.
  • n. A tiny morsel.

steal

  • v. (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
  • v. (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
  • v. (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To acquire at a low price.
  • v. (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding…
  • v. (intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
  • v. To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the…
  • v. (sports, transitive) To dispossess.
  • v. (humorous, transitive) To acquire; to get.
  • n. The act of stealing.
  • n. A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
  • n. (basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball…
  • n. (baseball) A stolen base.
  • n. (curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
  • n. (computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written…

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