making away with
phrase
1
as in making off with
to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully They made away with the baby in the middle of the night. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- making off with
- running off with
- abducting
- snatching
- kidnapping
- taking
- absconding (with)
- capturing
- seizing
- waylaying
- catching
- crimping
- impressing
- shanghaiing
- kidnaping
- spiriting
- hijacking
- stealing
- copping
- highjacking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- delivering
- returning
- rescuing
- restoring
- redeeming
- ransoming
2
as in destroying
to deprive of life The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals. Synonyms & Similar Words
- destroying
- killing
- carrying off
- doing for
- slaying
- doing in
- doing away with
- cutting down
- taking
- dispatching
- claiming
- putting away
- taking out
- bumping off
- killing off
- felling
- murdering
- rubbing out
- blotting out
- knocking off
- slaughtering
- croaking
- wasting
- finishing
- assassinating
- putting down
- scragging
- neutralizing
- executing
- butchering
- offing
- snuffing
- getting
- mowing
- icing
- whacking
- massacring
- decimating
- annihilating
- smiting
- terminating
- martyring
- euthanizing
- euthanatizing
- suiciding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raising
- animating
- restoring
- reviving
- nurturing
- resurrecting
- resuscitating
3
as in stealing
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep The thief made away with merchandise worth thousands of dollars. Synonyms & Similar Words
- stealing
- ripping off
- swiping
- walking off with
- making off with
- running off with
- lifting
- grabbing
- thieving
- pilfering
- appropriating
- robbing
- filching
- purloining
- snatching
- misappropriating
- snitching
- knocking over
- pinching
- pocketing
- nicking
- hooking
- nipping
- taking
- boosting
- hijacking
- heisting
- picking
- looting
- plundering
- seizing
- sacking
- burglarizing
- pillaging
- carjacking
- shoplifting
- poaching
- rifling
- rustling
- kidnapping
- grasping
- highjacking
- collaring
- sponging
- abducting
- nailing
- spiriting
- mooching
- kidnaping
- shanghaiing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- purchasing
- buying
- giving
- presenting
- contributing
- handing over
- donating
- bestowing