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The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης kléptēs, "thief", or κλέπτω kléptō, "I steal", and -κρατία-kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy, [1] [2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern ...
Drive theory was used to propose that the act of stealing is a defense mechanism which serves to modulate or keep undesirable feelings or emotions from being expressed. [15] Some French psychiatrists suggest that kleptomaniacs may just want the item that they steal and the feeling they get from theft itself.
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
Crime rings steal and/or use stolen financial information to pay for in-demand items from retailers and then sell those items online, relying on the Internet's ability to reach buyers around the world and its anonymity; some theft rings even take pre-orders, confident that they can steal and/or fraudulently pay for whatever is currently in demand.
Overlook can mean "to make an accidental omission or error" or "to engage in close scrutiny or control". [14] Oversight can mean "accidental omission or error" or "close scrutiny or control". [15] Peruse can mean to "consider with attention and in detail" or "look over or through in a casual or cursory manner". [16] [17]
The gifts are placed in a central location and the participants select a gift in a fixed order, often determined by numbers randomly drawn prior to the start of the game. The first person opens a wrapped gift and the turn ends. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another's.
The Steal, a 2006 album by The Steal; The Steal, a 1995 British comedy thriller film; a discount; Steal, a gameplay element in the reality franchise series The Voice "Steal", a 2014 song by Spandau Ballet; Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, a 2023 South Korean television series "Stealing" (Ty Dolla Sign song), a 2016 song from the mixtape Campaign.