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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.

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[From Middle English pilfre, spoils, from Old French pelfre.]

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pilfer·age (-j) n.

pilfer·er n.

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pilfer

Verb

to steal (minor items) in small quantities [Old French pelfre booty]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

pilfer - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, purloin, snarf, nobble, abstract, swipe, pinch, sneak, hook, lift steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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pilfer

verb steal, take, rob, lift (informal) nick (slang), chiefly Brit. appropriate, rifle, pinch (informal) swipe (slang) embezzle, blag (slang) walk off with, snitch (slang) purloin, filch, snaffle Brit. (informal) thieve

Translations

pilfer [ˈpɪlfəʳ] vt, vi → ratear, robar, sisar

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pilfer [ˈpɪlfəʳ] vt → chaparder

vi → commettre des larcins

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pilfer [ˈpɪlfəʳ] vt, vi → stehlen

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pilfer [ˈpɪlfəʳ] vt → rubacchiare

vi → fare dei furtarelli