'Pilfer' definitions:

Definition of 'pilfer'

(from WordNet)
verb
Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

Definition of 'Pilfer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Pilfer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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