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PILFER
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(verb) make off with belongings of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pilfer (third-person singular simple present pilfers, present participle pilfering, simple past and past participle pilfered)
(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
Anagrams
• reflip
Source: Wiktionary
Pil"fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pilfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilfering.] Etym: [OF. pelfrer. See Pelf.]
Definition: To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
Pil"fer, v. t.
Definition: To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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