About The Word Pilfer
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Pilfer
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What's The Definition Of Pilfer?
[v] make off with belongings of others
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pilfer: abstract | cabbage | filch | hook | lift | nobble | pinch | purloin | snarf | sneak | swipe Related Terms | Find terms related to Pilfer: abstract | abuse | and | annex | appropriate | bag | befoul | boost | borrow | convert | cop | crib | debase | defalcate | defile | defraud | desecrate | divert | embezzle | extort | filch | foul | grab | hook | lift | make off with | maladminister | misapply | misappropriate | misemploy | mishandle | mismanage | misuse | nick | nip | palm | peculate | pervert | pinch | plunder | poach | pollute | profane | prostitute | purloin | rip off | rob | run away with | rustle | scrounge | shoplift | snaffle | snare | snatch | snitch | steal | swindle | swipe | take | thieve | violate | walk off with See Also | steal Pilfer In Webster's Dictionary \Pil"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilfered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pilfering}.] [OF. pelfrer. See {Pelf}.]
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to
practice petty theft.
\Pil"fer\, v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. --Cowper. |
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