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Definition of Pilfer
1. Verb. Make off with belongings of others. "They pilfer the money "
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Cabbage, Lifter, Pilferage, Pilferer
Definition of Pilfer
1. v. i. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
2. v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.
Definition of Pilfer
1. Verb. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pilfer
1. to steal [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: steal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilfer
Literary usage of Pilfer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(3) To dece ve ; to pilfer. (6) To eke out carefully. Eatt. (5) To walk mincingly.
North. (7) To nibble. Weit. (8) To dawdle Eue*. NIGGLING, adj. Mean. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"pilfer. "In the civil law the terra ... a pile driver employé within the meaning
of The words "to pilfer," In their piala and popular sense, mean to steal. ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"Wouldst thou have pilfer'd from our school-boys' themes These shallow sophisms
of a popular ... pilfer ..."
4. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... Whatever good bits you can pilfer i л the day, save them to junket with your
fellow servants at night. Stoi/'r. She taught him, however, very early to ..."
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