v. |
[1] |
catch
,
trap
,
entrap
,
snare
,
ensnare
,
grab
,
capture
,
collar
,
nab
,
seize
,
(Mainly US/Canadian) snag
,
(Colloq) pinch
|
[2] |
steal
,
pilfer
,
filch
,
palm
,
shoplift
,
rob
,
(Slang) snitch
,
rip off
,
Euphemistic liberate
,
remove
,
borrow
,
appropriate
,
(Brit) nick
,
(Mainly Brit) pinch
|
[3] |
overcharge
,
soak
,
surcharge
,
gazump
,
fleece
,
plume
,
pluck
,
rob
|
[4] |
crochet
|
[5] |
snitch
,
thieve
,
cop
,
knock off
,
glom
|
[6] |
pilfer
,
cabbage
,
purloin
,
pinch
,
abstract
,
snarf
,
swipe
,
sneak
,
filch
,
nobble
,
lift
|
[7] |
addict
|
[8] |
snare
|
[9] |
solicit
,
accost
|
|
n. |
[1] |
hanger
,
peg
,
holder
,
fastener
,
catch
,
clasp
,
clip
,
pin
|
[2] |
snare
,
crotchet
,
trap
,
fish-hook
|
[3] |
by hook/by crook
,
bait
,
somehow (or other)
,
come-on
,
someway
,
lure
,
sweetener
,
come what may
,
by fair means/foul
,
(by) one way/another
|
[4] |
hook
,
claw
,
line
,
and sinker
,
completely
,
entirely
,
all the way
,
through and through
,
thoroughly
,
entirely
,
totally
,
utterly
,
wholly
|
[5] |
off the hook
,
(set) free
,
(in the) clear
,
out of it
,
out of trouble
,
acquitted
,
exonerated
,
cleared
,
let off
,
vindicated
,
off
|
[6] |
draw
,
hooking
|
[7] |
hook shot
|
|