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View usage for: (pɪlfəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense pilfers, present participle pilfering, past tense, past participle pilferedverbIf someone pilfers, they steal things, usually small cheap things. Staff were pilfering behind the bar. [VERB] When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market. [VERB noun] Synonyms: steal, take, rob, lift [informal] More Synonyms of pilfer pilfering uncountable noun Precautions had to be taken to prevent pilfering. pilfer in British English (ˈpɪlfə) verbto steal (minor items), esp in small quantities Derived forms pilferer (ˈpilferer) noun pilfering (ˈpilfering) noun Word origin C14 pylfre (n) from Old French pelfre booty; see pelfpilfer in American English (ˈpɪlfər) verb transitive, verb intransitive to steal (esp. small sums or petty objects); filch Derived forms pilferer (ˈpilferer) noun Word origin < MFr pelfrer < pelfre, booty Examples of 'pilfer' in a sentencepilfer Definition to steal (minor items) in small quantities Staff were pilfering cash from the bar. Synonyms rob trouser (slang) rifle cabbage (British, slang) knock off (slang) blag (slang) walk off with snitch (slang) snaffle (British, informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to take for one's own use without permission What do they think about your appropriating their music and culture? Synonyms steal, take, nick (slang, British), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, poach, swipe (slang), lift (informal), knock off (slang), heist (US, slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, misappropriate, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, plagiarize, thieve, peculate (literary) Definition to steal (money) that belongs to the company or organization that one works for The director embezzled $34 million in company funds. Synonyms misappropriate, steal, appropriate, rob, pocket, nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), pinch (informal), rip off (slang), knock off (slang), siphon off, pilfer, purloin (formal), filch, help yourself to, thieve, defalcate, peculateDefinition to steal in small amounts I filched some notes from his wallet. Synonyms steal, take, thieve, pinch (informal), lift (informal), nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), abstract, rip off (slang), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), embezzle, pilfer, walk off with, misappropriate, purloin (formal), snaffle (British, informal) - pile something up
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Additional synonymsDefinition to plagiarize (music or writing) a cartoonish device lifted from a Laurel and Hardy sequence Synonyms steal, take, copy, appropriate, nick (slang, British), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, cabbage (British, slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), blag (slang), pilfer, purloin (formal), plagiarize, thieveDefinition to steal We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen. Synonyms steal, pinch (informal), swipe (slang), pilfer, finger (slang), trouser (slang), knock off (slang), snitch (slang) Definition to steal pickpockets who pinched his wallet Synonyms steal, rob, snatch, lift (informal), nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), blag (slang), pilfer, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, snaffle (British, informal) Definition to steal He was caught purloining books from the library. Synonyms steal, rob, lift (informal), nick (slang, British), appropriate, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), blag (slang), pilfer, walk off with, snitch (slang), filch, prig (British, slang), snaffle (British, informal), thieveDefinition to steal (something) People kept trying to swipe my copy of the New York Times. Synonyms steal, nick (slang, British), pinch (informal), lift (informal), appropriate, trouser (slang), cabbage (British, slang), knock off (slang), make off with, pilfer, purloin (formal), filch, snaffle (British, informal) Definition to obtain possession of (something), often dishonestly The burglars took just about anything they could carry. Synonyms steal, nick (slang, British), appropriate, pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), cabbage (British, slang), carry off, swipe (slang), knock off (slang), run off with, blag (slang), walk off with, misappropriate, cart off (slang), purloin, filch, help yourself to, gain possession of Definition to steal other people's possessions These people can't help thieving. Synonyms steal, nick (slang, British), rob, pinch (informal), cabbage (British, slang), poach, plunder, half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, have sticky fingers (informal), peculate |