Synonyms of making away with

making away with

phrase

present participle of make away with

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

• making off with
• running off with
• abducting
• snatching
• absconding (with)
• kidnapping
• kidnaping
• taking
• capturing
• seizing
• catching
• impressing
• crimping
• stealing
• hijacking
• waylaying
• spiriting
• shanghaiing
• highjacking
• copping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delivering
• rescuing
• returning
• redeeming
• restoring
• 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
• doing away with
• slaying
• carrying off
• doing for
• doing in
• taking
• claiming
• dispatching
• cutting down
• putting away
• taking out
• felling
• murdering
• killing off
• slaughtering
• blotting out
• croaking
• knocking off
• bumping off
• wasting
• finishing
• rubbing out
• assassinating
• neutralizing
• putting down
• executing
• butchering
• offing
• scragging
• getting
• mowing
• snuffing
• icing
• whacking
• massacring
• decimating
• smiting
• annihilating
• terminating
• euthanatizing
• martyring
• euthanizing
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• animating
• raising
• 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
• making off with
• running off with
• walking off with
• swiping
• ripping off
• lifting
• grabbing
• thieving
• pilfering
• appropriating
• robbing
• snatching
• filching
• misappropriating
• purloining
• pinching
• pocketing
• snitching
• hooking
• nipping
• nicking
• knocking over
• boosting
• hijacking
• taking
• picking
• heisting
• looting
• seizing
• plundering
• sacking
• pillaging
• burglarizing
• carjacking
• shoplifting
• poaching
• rustling
• rifling
• kidnapping
• grasping
• highjacking
• kidnaping
• sponging
• nailing
• abducting
• collaring
• spiriting
• mooching
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchasing
• buying
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• handing over
• donating
• bestowing