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pilferer

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pil·fer  (plfr)
v. pil·fered, pil·fer·ing, pil·fers
v.tr.
To steal (a small amount or item). See Synonyms at steal.
v.intr.
To steal or filch.
[From Middle English pilfre, spoils, from Old French pelfre.]
pilfer·age (-j) n.
pilfer·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pilfererpilferer - a thief who steals without using violence
sneak thief, snitcher
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
wharf rat - someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses
Translations
pilferer [ˈpɪlfərəʳ] N → ratero/a m/f, ladronzuelo/a m/f
pilferer
n → Dieb(in) m(f), → Langfinger m (inf)
pilferer [ˈpɪlfərəʳ] n → ladruncolo/a
pilferer [ˈpɪlfərəʳ] n → ladruncolo/a


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In the midst of them, the hangman, ever busy and ever worse than useless, was in constant requisition; now, stringing up long rows of miscellaneous criminals; now, hanging a housebreaker on Saturday who had been taken on Tuesday; now, burning people in the hand at Newgate by the dozen, and now burning pamphlets at the door of Westminster Hall; to-day, taking the life of an atrocious murderer, and to-morrow of a wretched pilferer who had robbed a farmer's boy of sixpence.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Here, Simon, put these pilferers out, shove 'em into the road, out with 'em
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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