Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PILFERING
Verb
pilfering
present participle of pilfer
Noun
pilfering (plural pilferings)
The act by which something is pilfered; a petty theft.
Anagrams
• prefiling
Source: Wiktionary
Pil"fer*ing, a.
Definition: Thieving in a small way. Shak.
– n.
Definition: Petty theft.
– Pil"fer*ing*ly, adv.
PILFER
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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