pilfer

pilfer
v
1. steal, thieve, rob, filch, purloin, finger, pick, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit. prig, Brit. Si. snaffle, Euph. borrow, Archaic. nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, convert; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost, walk off or away with, Euph. remove; All Sl. heist, pinch, hook, swipe, hustle, rip off, frisk, crook, cop, lift.
2. pirate, plagiarize, copy, Inf. lift, Inf. crib; forge, counterfeit, imitate, reproduce; appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp.
3. mooch, scrounge, freeload, sponge, scavenge, Sl. bum.
4. swindle, defraud, mulct, shark, cheat, fleece, Inf. flimflam, rook, bilk, Inf. welsh, Inf. do [s.o.] out of, Inf gyp, Sl. pluck, Sl. chisel, Sl. clip.

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  • pilfer — pil·fer / pil fər/ vi: to steal esp. in small amounts and often again and again accused of pilfer ing from passenger luggage vt: to steal or steal from esp. in small quantities found pilfer ing goods from a store he was guarding pil·fer·age / pil …   Law dictionary

  • pilfer — pil‧fer [ˈpɪlfə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] to steal small amounts of things, or things that are not worth much, especially from an office, factory etc: • An employee has been charged with pilfering a set of automobile wheels. pilfering noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • pilfer — (v.) 1540s, from pilfer (n.), c.1400, from O.Fr. pelfre booty, spoils (11c.), of unknown origin, possibly related to PELF (Cf. pelf). Related: Pilfered; pilfering …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pilfer — Pil fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilfered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilfering}.] [OF. pelfrer. See {Pelf}.] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pilfer — Pil fer, v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. [1913 Webster] And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pilfer — *steal, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop Analogous words: seize, *take, grasp, grab, snatch: *catch, capture: *rob, rifle, loot, plunder …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pilfer — meaning ‘to steal (something trivial)’, has inflected forms pilfered, pilfering …   Modern English usage

  • pilfer — [v] steal, embezzle annex, appropriate, borrow, cop*, crib*, filch*, liberate*, lift*, moonlight*, palm*, pinch*, pluck*, purloin, requisition, rip off*, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with*; concepts 139,142,192 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • pilfer — ► VERB ▪ steal (things of little value). DERIVATIVES pilferage noun. ORIGIN Old French pelfrer to pillage …   English terms dictionary

  • pilfer — [pil′fər] vt., vi. [< MFr pelfrer < pelfre, booty] to steal (esp. small sums or petty objects); filch pilferer n …   English World dictionary

  • pilfer — UK [ˈpɪlfə(r)] / US [ˈpɪlfər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms pilfer : present tense I/you/we/they pilfer he/she/it pilfers present participle pilfering past tense pilfered past participle pilfered to steal things, especially from the… …   English dictionary

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