V4

Other words for stealing something valuable—for example, a watch: “Yesterday somebody ________ my watch.”

LIFTED 277
SWIPED 191
TOOK 171
STOLE 150
HOOKED 112
SNITCHED 60
MADE OFF WITH 38
COPPED 31
NR 25
SNATCHED 23
HOCKED 20
STOLED 16
FILCHED 15
GRABBED 15
PICKED UP 14
PILFERED 13
KIPED 12
HEISTED 9
NABBED 9
PICKED 8
PINCHED 8
CLIPPED 7
ROBBED 7
BORROWED 6
APPROPRIATED 4
CROOKED 4
ROBBED ME 4
SNIPED 4
SWIPE 4
WALKED OFF WITH 4
GLOMMED 3
HELPED HIMSELF TO 3
LATCHED ONTO 3
PURLOINED 3
RAN OFF WITH 3
ROBBED ME OF 3
TAKE 3
CABBAGED ONTO 2
FRISKED 2
GOT 2
GOT OFF WITH 2
HIKED 2
HOISTED 2
MADE AWAY WITH 2
NIPPED 2
PICKED MY POCKET 2
POCKETED 2
ROGUED 2
SNEAKED 2
TOOK OFF WITH 2
WALKED OFF 2
ABSCONDED 1
BAGGED 1
BURGLARIZED 1
BURGON 1
BUSTED ME 1
CABBAGED 1
CAUGHT 1
CLEFTED 1
COBBED 1
CONNED 1
COONED 1
CROCKED 1
FLINCHED 1
GLOMMERED 1
GOT AWAY WITH 1
GOT INTO THE TILL 1
GOT TO ME FOR 1
GYPPED 1
HAVE STICKY FINGERS 1
HEIST 1
HELPED HIMSELF 1
HELPED THEMSELVES TO 1
HIGH-LIFTED 1
HOOK 1
I GOT HOOKED BY MY WATCH 1
JOBBED 1
KNOCKED 1
LIFTED ME 1
MADE WAY WITH 1
NAILED 1
PICKLED 1
PICKPOCKETED 1
PLUCKED 1
POLITELY SWIPED 1
RELIEVED ME OF 1
REMOVED 1
RIPPED OFF 1
ROOKED 1
RUN AWAY WITH 1
RUSTLED 1
SHOPLIFTED 1
SPIKED 1
STEAL 1
STEALING 1
STICKY FINGERS 1
SWINDLED 1
SWITCHED 1
TAKE OFF WITH 1
TAKEN 1
THUGGED 1
TIEFIN’ 1
TOOK UP WITH 1
UP-CONDED 1
YANKED 1
YESTERDAY IT WALKED OFF 1

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