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pinchesnounpl. of pinch an instance of theftthe pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me! the act of taking into one's control by authority of lawan innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers apprehensions, arrestments, arrests, busts(slang), collars raidshouse arrestscaptures, entrapments, seizurescaptivities, confinements, detentions, enchainments, holds, immurements, imprisonments, incarcerations, restraintsrearrestsremands discharges emancipations, liberations, releases a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or numberthis labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts crunches, dearths, deficiencies, deficits, droughts(also drouths), failures, famines, inadequacies, insufficiencies, lacks, lacunae(also lacunas), paucities, poverties, scarcities, shortages, undersupplies, wants absences, omissionsnecessities, needs, privations abundances, adequacies, amplitudes, opulences, plenitudes, plenties, sufficiencies, wealths excesses, overabundances, oversupplies, surfeits, surpluses to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or pointsthe zipper on those jeans always pinches me nips crimps, tweaksclasps, clutches, grasps, grips, holds, takes drops, frees, loosens, looses, releases, springs to take (something) without right and with an intent to keeppinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer appropriates, boosts(slang), filches, heists, hooks, lifts, misappropriates, nicks(British slang), nips, pilfers, pockets, purloins, rips off, snitches, steals, swipes, thieves burglarizes, knocks over, robsloots, pillages, plunders, sackscarjacks, hijacks(also highjacks)picks, riflespoaches, rustles, shopliftscollars, grabs, grasps, nails, seizes, snatches, takesmooches, spongesabducts, kidnaps, shanghais, spirits makes away with, makes off with, runs off with, walks off with buys, purchasesbestows, contributes, donates, gives, hands over, presents to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawpinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady apprehends, arrests, busts(slang), collars, nabs, nails, nicks(British slang), picks up, pulls in, restrains, runs in, seizes bags, captures, catches, gets, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, snaps (up), snares, snatches, trapscommits, confines, detains, holds, immures, imprisons, incarcerates, interns, jails, jugs, locks (up)binds, enchains, fetters, handcuffs, manacles, shackles, trammelsrearrestsremands discharges emancipates, frees, liberates, loosens, looses, releases, springsunbinds, unchains to avoid unnecessary waste or expenseif we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort economizes, saves, scrimps, skimps, spares conserves, husbands, maintains, manages, preservesscrapescuts back, cuts down, retrencheshoards, lays up pinches pennies wastes blows, dissipates, fritters (away), lavishes, misspends, runs through, spends, squanders, throws awaysplurges |