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kiriw [kí.riw.] : steal (v.); wriggle (v.)

Derivatives of kiriw


Glosses:
steal
n. (possession)1. bargain, buy, stealan advantageous purchase.; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
~ purchasesomething acquired by purchase.
~ songa very small sum.; "he bought it for a song"
~ travel bargaina bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes).
n. (act)2. steala stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch).
~ baseball, baseball gamea ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
v. (possession)3. stealtake without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
~ taketake by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
~ cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, pinch, sneak, hook, liftmake off with belongings of others.
~ rustle, lifttake illegally.; "rustle cattle"
~ shopliftsteal in a store.
~ piratecopy illegally; of published material.
~ plagiarise, plagiarize, lifttake without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.
~ pocket, bagtake unlawfully.
~ defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculateappropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
~ robtake something away by force or without the consent of the owner.; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"
~ cop, glom, snitch, thieve, knock off, hooktake by theft.; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
~ walk offtake without permission.; "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch"
~ pluck, hustle, rollsell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.
~ loot, plundertake illegally; of intellectual property.; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
~ burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heistcommit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
v. (motion)4. slip, stealmove stealthily.; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
v. (competition)5. stealsteal a base.
~ baseball, baseball gamea ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
~ gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advanceobtain advantages, such as points, etc..; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
wriggle
n. (act)1. squirm, wiggle, wrigglethe act of wiggling.
~ movement, motility, motion, movea change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
v. (motion)2. squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writheto move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).; "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
~ wrenchmake a sudden twisting motion.