Synonyms for pilferer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pil-fer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl fər |
Top 10 synonyms for pilferer Other synonyms for the word pilferer
Définition of pilferer
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.
- noun larcenist
- Dear Mr. Pilferer,—In answer to your note, I have nothing to say of any interest.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 » by Various
- Now we've caught the pilferer, and we'll make an example of her!
- Extract from : « Complete Short Works » by Georg Ebers
- He was no pilferer, and scorned to carry off so mean a booty.
- Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
- Mercury, says he, a pilferer by trade, loves his nails too well to let them be pared.
- Extract from : « Finger-Ring Lore » by William Jones
- What have you done with my piece of writing paper, you pilferer?
- Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Again Theodora and I watched for the pilferer, and captured the cunning creature in the act.
- Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
- The whole school had gone distracted, but the pilferer was too clever to be caught.
- Extract from : « The Motor Maids' School Days » by Katherine Stokes
- “The pilferer grabs the dole” (sportulam furunculus captat) was a proverb.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
- It was not possible that this was a bad man, a stealer of children, a pilferer of old men's cupboards.
- Extract from : « Nautilus » by Laura E. Richards
- We are the Pilferer, price sixpence, published monthly; a reduction on taking a quantity.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 » by Various
Antonyms for pilferer
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