alienate
21alienate — to pilfer or steal • Either from the meaning to make less close, or from the legal jargon, to transfer ownership: You can alienate as much pineboard as that? (Keneally, 1982 he was stealing from a pile of lumber) …
22alienate — verb 1》 cause to feel isolated. ↘lose or destroy the support or sympathy of. 2》 Law transfer ownership of (property rights) to another. Phrases alienate someone s affections US Law induce someone to transfer their affection from a person with …
23alienate — verb (T) 1 to do something that makes someone unfriendly or unwilling to support you: The latest tax proposals will alienate many voters. 2 law to give the legal right to a particular piece of land, property etc to someone else …
24alienate someone's affections US Law — induce someone to transfer their affection from a person with legal rights or claims on them. → alienate …
25alienate by breach of condition — index forfeit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26alienate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Date: circa 1509 1. to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed 2. to convey or transfer (as property or a right) usually by a specific …
27alienate — alien·ate ā lē ə .nāt, āl yə vt, at·ed; at·ing to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed …
28alienate — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, abrupt, alter, amortize, antagonize, assign, barter, bequeath, brainwash, cast off, cast out, cede, change, come between, confer, consign, convert, convey, corrupt, counterindoctrinate, cut adrift, cut off …
29alienate — al|ien|ate [ eıliə,neıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to make someone dislike you, or not want to help or support you: Would they dare risk alienating public opinion? 2. ) to make someone feel that they do not belong in a place or group: The company… …
30alienate — al·ien·ate || eɪlɪəneɪt v. confiscate, requisition; transfer property; cause alienation or estrangement; separate, isolate …
