All assume synonyms

verb assume

• commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
• borrow — If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
• swipe — a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
• usurp — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
• hijack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
• annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• preempt — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
• take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
• hypothesise — to form a hypothesis.
• theorise — to form a theory or theories.
• shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
• undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• fall for — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• set about — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• kipe — An osier basket used for catching fish.