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
Origin of Pilfer
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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
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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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