Antonyms for pilfer

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pil-fer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl fər

Definition of pilfer

Origin : 1540s, from pilfer (n.) "spoils, booty," c.1400, from Old French pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin, possibly related to pelf. Related: Pilfered; pilfering.

verb steal, embezzle

Example sentences :

He had some sort of an idea that he might pilfer the hospitality of his enemies.
Extract from : « The Eyes of the Woods » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The women make baskets, beg, pilfer, or sift and grind corn.
Extract from : « Gipsy Life » by George Smith

I have been shown the best spots, and I pilfer as well as I can—that is all.
Extract from : « Myths of the Rhine » by X. B. Saintine

If they win, they grab at booty; if they lose, they unhorse and pilfer their own side!
Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

At all events, if she did pilfer, she was neither suspected nor discovered.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould

The movements of the red-haired girl were not those of one who sought to pilfer.
Extract from : « A Book of Ghosts » by Sabine Baring-Gould

I suspect he has a plot with his apprentices to pilfer a portion of the metal.
Extract from : « The Abbatial Crosier » by Eugne Sue

The central idea of this modern folly about the potato is that you must pilfer the root.
Extract from : « Custom and Myth » by Andrew Lang

The canonesses claim that we pilfer their friends away from them.
Extract from : « The Iron Pincers » by Eugne Sue

He never stooped to pilfer, until exposure and decay had weakened his hand.
Extract from : « A Book of Scoundrels » by Charles Whibley

Synonyms for pilfer

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