Pilfer Definition

pĭlfər
pilfered, pilfering, pilfers
verb
pilfered, pilfering, pilfers
To steal (esp. small sums or petty objects); filch.
Webster's New World
To steal or filch.
American Heritage
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Origin of Pilfer

  • From Middle English pilfre booty, spoils from Old French pelfre probably akin to felpe, frepe old clothes frippery

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English pilfre (“booty"), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils"), of unknown origin. Possibly related to pelf.

    From Wiktionary

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PPIPIL

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RERFER

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