pilfer
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English[edit]
Boys Pilfering Molasses, 1853 painting by George Henry Hall.
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pilfer (third-person singular simple present pilfers, present participle pilfering, simple past and past participle pilfered)
- To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
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Translations[edit]
to steal in small quantities
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