makes off with
Absconds carrying loot
Makes off with means to steal or take something and flee with it.
The phrase implies both theft and a quick getaway: The thief made off with her purse.
It can also describe taking something in a less criminal sense—winning or claiming: She made off with three awards that night.
- grabSeize abruptly
- swipeQuick sliding motion
- smash and grabViolent quick robbery
- thieveTake unlawfully
- five finger discountSlang for retail theft
loot · steal · purloin · embezzle · shoplift · pilfers · abscond · filch · vanishes · takes off · heists · cleans out · plunder · burgles · runs away · hits the road · on the lam · snatch
possession transfer direction
makes off withreturns
Profits from investments
gives back · hands over · relinquishes · surrenders · gives away
permanence of taking
makes off withborrows
Takes for temporary use
returns · brings back · puts back · lends