bust, crash, totter, indulge, drool, black out, fixate, expose, stagger, risk, jeopardize, spin out of control, plummet, waste, bottom out, relapse, stake, obsess, shame, debase, hit (bottom), space out, disgrace (one's family), squander (money on drugs), self-destruct, spiral downward/out of control, land (in the hospital), lose one's grip (on reality), preoccupy, feed (one's addiction), endanger oneself, overdose, bum, self-medicate, hook, base out, sleep it off, denounce
blast, inject, cut, smoke, distill, snort, blaze, indulge, light up, reel, disengage, consume, check out, procure, hit (the bottle), shoot up, score (drugs), binge, slake, get stoned/high, use (drugs), trip, do a line, sniff, inhale (cocaine), do a deal, get a hold of, loiter, take a hit (of cocaine), slam (drinks), abuse (alcohol/drugs), blow coke, blow a stick, pack (a bowl), tie off
seize, cramp, hurl, shake, sweat, stabilize, crawl, tremble, dilate, persevere, withdraw, abstain, obsess, recover, overcome (addiction), detox, check in (to a rehab facility), get the shakes, get chills, hallucinate, convulse, recalibrate, lose sleep, vomit, barf, throw up, palpitate, race (heart), get (a sponsor), attend (a 12-step program)
jolt, shake, rattle, agitate, paralyze, startle, sicken, panic, threaten, transfix, shock, unnerve, alarm, intimidate, scare, terrify, horrify, daunt, disgust, frighten, distress, petrify, revolt, nauseate, make one's skin crawl, spook, appall, strike fear into, make one's hair stand on end, send chills down one's spine, scare the bejesus out of, scare the pants off of, make one's blood run cold, frighten someone out of their wits, scare the shit out of, scare shitless
recoil, choke, scatter, crouch, shake, snap, twitch, freeze, falter, quiver, knock down/over, jump, scream, quaver, charge, hide, bolt, start, stampede, panic, shy away, cower, tremble, shrink, transfix, blanch, pale, weaken, drain, wobble, take cover, flee, shout, gag, teeter, barrel, stop (in one's tracks), gasp, yell (for help), cry out, run (off/away), pitch (forward from one's hips), dive (for cover), hightail it, cringe, flinch, come undone, hyperventilate, vibrate, shiver, shudder, wince, go numb, back away/off/up, turn back/away, shit one's pants, wet oneself, twinge, quake, grimace, go to pieces, shake in one's boots, break into a sweat, dry up/out
grasp, clutch, squeeze, beat, pound, worry, crouch, bother, sweat, perspire, rise, mount, hide, dart, pant, secrete, stalk, menace, threaten, watch, wait, cower, grow, darken, cast a shadow, flare, intensify, pulse, lie (low/in wait), endanger, risk, imperil, hazard, jeopardize, suspend, trouble, alarm, intimidate, burgeon, heighten, degenerate, worsen, fear, dread, alert, lay low, guard, fret, throb, aggravate, exacerbate, warn, caution, loom, haunt, portend, tick, creep, bear down on, live in fear of, watch out/for, beware
discharge, spread, pour, pollute, stain, destroy, poison, alter, seep, leak, drip, trickle, blot, taint, weaken, engulf, contaminate, endanger, impair, ruin, spoil, deteriorate, damage, release, transform, mutate, corrode, eat away/through, emit (odors/toxins), foul, blight, empty (into a bay), retard (biological growth), putrefy, defile (ground water), coat (with oil)
pollute, forge, bribe, counterfeit, gamble, burglarize, defraud, perjure, extort, breaking and entering, trespass, possess (a controlled substance without a prescription), sell (illegal drugs), sell (cigarettes/alcohol to a minor), smuggle (immigrants across a border), pimp, assemble (illegally), impersonate (a police officer), lie (under oath), drive (under the influence of controlled substances), commit (arson/malicious mischief), threaten (to commit a terrorist act), dump (a hazardous substance)
frame, stun, muddy, cloud, deceive, trick, dupe, scam, double-cross, hoodwink, con, shaft, delude, seduce, beguile, baffle, polarize, divide, backstab, fool, mess with, vex, confuse, cozen, confound, stupefy, befuddle, bamboozle, hornswoggle, sucker, gyp, bewilder, stagger, mystify, nonplus, sabotage, disorient, lose (trust), exact (revenge)
lie, fabricate, pretend, belie, embellish, blur, spin, con, falsify, fib, fudge, bluff, twist the truth, hyperbolize, exaggerate, manufacture (an alibi), feign, fake, pad (figures), bend the truth, claim, make up, invent, concoct (a story), libel, slander, peddle (lies/half-truths), defame, misrepresent, tell a white lie, withhold (information), pull the wool over one's eyes
divert, manipulate, play with, maneuver, fabricate, devise, suppress, hide, secrete, evade, conceal, camouflage, simulate, pretend, belie, impersonate, veil, mask, cover up, shroud, disguise, pose, blind, shade, distract, front, spin, trick, double-deal, fudge, bluff, twist the truth, feign, fake, concoct (a story), misrepresent, gloss over, mislead, sham, hustle, jive, bull, warp, pique, obfuscate, twist (information), finesse, muddle, delude, obscure (information), cover over/up, outwit, convince, persuade, whitewash, outfox, masquerade as, flatter, seduce, beguile, distort (facts), insinuate, disseminate (misinformation), propagandize, oversimplify, vilify, equivocate, prevaricate, palter, counterfeit, dissimulate, hoax, machinate, neglect to (inform), exclude (information), omit (information), keep quiet, withhold, fail to (disclose), zip one's lips, keep something to oneself, refuse to disclose, keep secret, dissemble, refrain from, swear to secrecy, gatecrash
lie, fabricate, pretend, belie, embellish, blur, spin, con, falsify, fib, fudge, bluff, twist the truth, hyperbolize, exaggerate, manufacture (an alibi), feign, fake, pad (figures), bend the truth, claim, make up, invent, concoct (a story), libel, slander, peddle (lies/half-truths), defame, misrepresent, tell a white lie, withhold (information), pull the wool over one's eyes
nick, swipe, pinch, roll, rake, lift, skim, trash, siphon, snap up, steal, carjack, make off with, funnel, commandeer, appropriate, violate, rip off, thieve, case, filch, nab, poach, fence (stolen goods), rob, loot, mug, slip away/off, run off with (stolen goods), hold up, raid, rout, strip (of possessions), pillage, ravage, pocket (stolen merchandise), pirate, abscond, shoplift, usurp, rifle, spirit away, hijack, skyjack, plunder, ransack, pilfer, pickpocket, purloin, despoil, demand (money), commit larceny, gank, hold up (at gunpoint), run contraband
tear, cleave, mangle, slash, maim, mutilate, rip, maul, crack, twist, snap, shred, crack open, pry, slit, split, cut, shatter, break, claw, rend, jag, burst, blind, open, bloody, cripple, hurt, rupture, splinter, hook, contort, injure, slit open, wound, punish, inflict, collar, gash, force open, bust informal), pitch (to the ground), low bridge (basketball specific), necktie, duel (chiefly historical)