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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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pilfery

English

Noun

pilfery (countable and uncountable, plural pilferies)

  1. petty theft

Related terms

  • pilfer

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