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pilfer

English

Etymology

From Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?l.f?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?l.f?/

Verb

pilfer (third-person singular simple present pilfers, present participle pilfering, simple past and past participle pilfered)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

Derived terms

  • pilferage
  • pilferer

Related terms

  • pelf

See also

  • fib

Translations

Anagrams

  • reflip

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commandeer

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”), from Dutch commanderen (“to command”), from French commander (“to command”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?m?n?d??(r)/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

commandeer (third-person singular simple present commandeers, present participle commandeering, simple past and past participle commandeered)

  1. (transitive) To seize for military use.
  2. (transitive) To force into military service.
  3. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

Translations

See also

  • appropriate
  • call up

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