Antonyms for pilfered


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pil-fer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl fər


Definition of pilfered

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 :
  • Listen to him, and there never was a man so traded on,—so robbed and pilfered from.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • With their usual frankness they quite admitted that I might have pilfered the shilling.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • For if I had read yours first you might have said that I had pilfered from you.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • “I thought some one had pilfered something,” she said with an attempt at a laugh.
  • Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • He also had his own lawyer, to see that he was pilfered according to rule.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • The houses of the people had been pilfered of all valuables and then torn down or burned.
  • Extract from : « Rinkitink in Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • Alone, one of these notorious characters is said to have pilfered to the extent of $60,000.
  • Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
  • Every week she pilfered a few pennies from her own small income and put them away.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • He wanted no more poachers on the land he himself had pilfered.
  • Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
  • She was not dealing with a parcel of naughty children who had pilfered the cake jar!
  • Extract from : « Miss Billy Married » by Eleanor H. Porter

Synonyms for pilfered

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