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pilfer
[ pil-fer ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to steal, especially in small quantities.
Synonyms: appropriate, filch, purloin, thieve
pilfer
/ ˈpɪlfə /
verb
- to steal (minor items), esp in small quantities
Derived Forms
- ˈpilfering, noun
- ˈpilferer, noun
Other Words From
- pilfer·er noun
- un·pilfered adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pilfer1
Example Sentences
After hacking your way through a parade of low-level enemies, and past a mini-boss, you meet the large bird that pilfered the Demonic Forest Spirit’s soul.
En route, they have pilfered from grain stores, scoffed mountains of corn and pineapples, and caused over $1 million of damage as they amble slowly through farmland and villages.
I’ve made delicious shrubs with everything from early spring rhubarb to loquats pilfered from my parents’ backyard.
As a teenager, Kaestel stole to eat, then to get another tank of gas, and eventually to pay for everything he’d otherwise need to pilfer piecemeal.
It makes sense that mole-rats would not only defend it, but try to pilfer this resource from others.
But Julius and his comrades continued to pilfer American secrets for years after the defeat of fascism.
To pay a debt by means of a worthless cheque was evidently less reprehensible than to pilfer a brooch from a dressing-table.
To pilfer a supper, and then have it found in its natural state, after eating it—I confess that that is a most remarkable trick!
Like the others of this family, they pilfer their food from the Gulls, and are also very destructive to young birds and eggs.
The movements of the red-haired girl were not those of one who sought to pilfer.
When they had pilfer'd some from her, she was more cautious how she paraded with 'em for the future.
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