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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

S: (n) abstraction, abstract (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance) "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
S: (n) outline, synopsis, abstract, precis (a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory)

S: (v) abstract (consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically)
S: (v) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift (make off with belongings of others)

S: (v) steal, rip off, rip (take without the owner's consent) "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

S: (v) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift (make off with belongings of others)
S: (v) rustle, lift (take illegally) "rustle cattle"
S: (v) shoplift (steal in a store)
S: (v) pirate (copy illegally; of published material)
S: (v) plagiarize, plagiarise, lift (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)
S: (v) pocket, bag (take unlawfully)
S: (v) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate (appropriate (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"
S: (v) rob (take something away by force or without the consent of the owner) "The burglars robbed him of all his money"
S: (v) hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom (take by theft) "Someone snitched my wallet!"
S: (v) walk off (take without permission) "he walked off with my wife!"; "The thief walked off with my gold watch"
S: (v) hustle, pluck, roll (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)
S: (v) loot, plunder (take illegally; of intellectual property) "This writer plundered from famous authors"
S: (v) burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist (commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling)

S: (v) abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance) "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
S: (v) abstract (give an abstract (of))

S: (adj) abstract (existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment) "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
S: (adj) abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective (not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature) "a large abstract painting"

S: (adj) abstract (dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention) "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"