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pilfering

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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.
Translations
Spanish pilfering [ˈpɪlfərɪŋ] n → ratería
French pilfering [ˈpɪlfərɪŋ] n → chapardage m
German pilfering [ˈpɪlfərɪŋ] pilfer n → Diebstahl m
Italian pilfering [ˈpɪlfərɪŋ] n → rubacchiare m
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My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure; but I hope it had some dregs of good at the bottom of it.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
The loss of the crown jewels or the Great Seal of England could have brought no greater consternation to a British king than did the pilfering of the sacred knife bring to La, the Oparian, Queen and High Priestess of the degraded remnants of the oldest civilization upon earth.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The Dodger had a vicious propensity, too, of pulling the caps from the heads of small boys and tossing them down areas; while Charley Bates exhibited some very loose notions concerning the rights of property, by pilfering divers apples and onions from the stalls at the kennel sides, and thrusting them into pockets which were so surprisingly capacious, that they seemed to undermine his whole suit of clothes in every direction.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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