All housebreaking synonyms
houseΒ·break
H h noun housebreaking
- business β Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- trespass β Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
- robbery β the act, the practice, or an instance of robbing.
- heist β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- crime β A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
- larceny β the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- theft β the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
- break-in β an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
verb housebreaking
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- pacify β to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- temper β a particular state of mind or feelings.
- vanquish β to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- pilfer β steal in small amounts
- kidnap β to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- swipe β a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- take β 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.
- strip β to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- abduct β If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
- divert β to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- ransack β to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rifle β a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- sack β a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- appropriate β Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- thieve β to take by theft; steal.
- purloin β to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- poach β to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- cozen β to cheat or trick (someone)
- pirate β software pirate
- plagiarize β to take and use by plagiarism.
- burglarize β If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- pillage β to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- shoplift β to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- blackmail β Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- despoil β To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
- lift β to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- snitch β to snatch or steal; pilfer.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- misappropriate β to put to a wrong use.
- pinch β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.