voler

Meaning

1. to fly (through the air)
2. to fly (an aircraft)
3. to pursue flying
4. to scarper, flee
5. to steal, rob

Concepts

fly

steal

rob

thieve

purloin

snitch

flit

snatch

stealing

filch

run

bag

nick

pinch

hook

lift

pilfer

pocket

sail

rip

dart

rush

aviate

larceny

theft

plunder

fly away

swipe

vanish

wing

flight

abstract

pluck

heist

rifle

rip off

cruise

nip

bound

hop

jump

leap

spring

pick

take

run away

to

subtilize

despoil

shoplift

fly ball

vaporize

poach

pilot

fell

flee

take flight

cabbage

nobble

snarf

sneak

plagiarise

plagiarize

fleece

gazump

overcharge

plume

soak

surcharge

cop

glom

knock off

fly front

fly sheet

rainfly

tent flap

tent-fly

bargain

buy

scamper

approach

fly up

Empty Quiver

break-in

breaking and entering

burglary

despoilment

embezzlement

estrangement

peculation

pilferage

purloinment

rip-off

shoplifting

thiefdom

thievery

thieving

finagle

reave

lay waste

loot

pillage

vandalize

airborne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɔ.le/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

Sentences

Il venait de voler aux lois un homme qui leur appartenait .

He had just robbed the laws of a man who belonged to them.