liberate
verb [T] /ˈlɪb.ər.eɪt/
/-ɚ.eɪt/ Definition
› to help someone or something to be free: They said they sent troops in to liberate the people/the country from a dictator.Liberating, relaxing and releasing › humorous to steal something: She liberated those spoons from a restaurant last week.Stealing liberator /-eɪ.tər/
/-eɪ.t̬ɚ/ noun [C] › People came out into the streets to welcome the liberators.Freedom to actOpportunity
/-eɪ.t̬ɚ/ noun [C] › People came out into the streets to welcome the liberators.Freedom to actOpportunity (Definition of liberate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Stealing, but you might be interested in these topics from the Crime topic area:
- Crime - general words
- Crimes against property
- Criminals - general words
- Death penalties
- Forgery
- Fraud & corruption
- Gangsters, thugs & criminal organizations
- Miscellaneous criminals
- Murder & attempted murder
- Murderers & attackers
- Not punishing & reducing punishment
- People held in prison
- Physical & sexual assault & abduction
- Prisons & parts of prisons
- Punishing & punishments
- Punishing by causing pain
- Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
- Putting people in prison
- Sex offenders
- Terrorism & political crime
- Trafficking & racketeering
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- abscond verb (STEAL)
- aggravated burglary noun
- appropriate verb (TAKE)
- break in/break into sth phrasal verb
- break-in noun
- kleptomania noun
- knock sth over phrasal verb
- larceny noun
- light-fingered adjective
- loot noun
- loot verb
- ram-raiding noun
- relieve sb of sth phrasal verb (TAKE)
- rifle verb
- rip sth off phrasal verb (STEAL)
- rob verb
- rustle verb (STEAL)
- rustling noun (STEALING)
- snaffle verb
- snitch verb (STEAL)
Topic:
Stealing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
