TAKE, TAKING
NOUNS
► ACCEPTATION the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance → 1426 obs.
► ACCEPTION the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, reception → 1483 obs.
► CAPTION a taking, catching, seizure, capture → 1382
► RAPPING the practice of seizing and taking → 1541 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SCRABBER who snatches, grabs, or takes by force → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► AFANG to take by force or authority; to seize, to apprehend → a1000 obs.
► AMOVE to remove, to take away from → a1425 obs.
► ANNEX to take without permission; to appropriate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BENEME ► BENIME ► BINIME to take away, to take from → c1300 obs.
► CAFFLE to take, to hold, to secure → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► CAP to take; to grab hold of → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► CLY to seize, to take; to steal → 1567 thieves’ cant
► COB to steal, to filch, to take → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FAW to take → 1900 Eng. dial. obs.
► FILE ON TO to grab, to take → 1932 Can. sl.
► GAFFLE to take or seize hold of → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GLOM to grab, to snatch, to take; implies violence → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GRAB A HANDFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself → 1910s US sl.
► GRAB AN ARMFUL OF to take, to steal, to secure for oneself → 1910s US sl.
► HAG to rob, to take → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK to steal; to hijack; to take forcibly → 1980s sl., orig. US
► KEEP to seize, to lay hold of; to snatch, to take → c1000 obs.
► LAM ON TO to take something of small value that does not belong to you → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LATCH to take with force; to capture; to seize upon a person or his goods → c950 obs.
► MUZZLE to obtain, to steal, to take → 1841 sl., orig. US
► NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of → 1732 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► NAME to take, to ‘nim’ → c1450 obs.
► NIBBLE to catch, to take → 1607 sl.
► PREHEND to seize, to catch, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend → a1500 obs.
► REQUISITION to take by force → 1864 Amer. military usage
► SCRAWL to snatch; to take anything abruptly or rudely → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIPHON OFF to take little by little → Aust. sl.
► SMOOTCH to take, to swipe → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMUSS to grab, seize, snatch; to take by force → 1736 obs.
► SNAKE to take slyly or stealthily → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SNARF to take or grab → 1968 Amer. sl.
► SNIPE to steal or take without permission → 1909 sl., chiefly Amer.
► SNITCH to steal, to take → 1904 sl.
► SWIPE to steal or take roughly or without permission → 1889 sl.
► WHIP to steal or take roughly or without permission → 1859 Brit. sl.
► WHIP OFF to take, to steal → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YAFFLE to snatch; to take illicitly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)