Similar Words to Pinch:

Abstract
Apprehension
Arrest
Cabbage
Catch
Collar
Crimp
Emergency
Exigency
Filch
Hint
Hook
Jot
Lift
Mite
Nip
Nobble
Pilfer
Purloin
Snarf
Sneak
Soupcon
Speck
Squeeze
Swipe
Taking Into Custody
Tinge
Top
Touch
Tweak
Tweet
Twinge
Twitch
Vellicate

Examples:

1. It takes a great deal more than a pinch of salt to bring down the British Empire.
2. So happy I haven't dared pinch myself since we left Iron Ridge.
3. The cops would pinch him and he'd sing, or I don't know guys.

Definitions of Pinch:

1. A painful or straitened circumstance
2. An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
3. A slight but appreciable amount
4. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
5. A small sharp bite or snip
6. A squeeze with the fingers
7. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
8. Squeeze tightly between the fingers
9. Make ridges into by pinching together
10. Make off with belongings of others
11. Cut the top off
12. Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear