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Synonyms for pilfer
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pil-fer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl fər |
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Définition 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
- 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
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