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1. (v.t.) pilfer
to steal, esp. in small quantities.
Etymology: (1540–50; v. use of late ME pilfre booty < MF pelfre. See pelf)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
make off with belongings of others
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) pilfer
to steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft
2. (verb) pilfer
to take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little
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Sense: to steal (small things)
He pilfered enough pieces of wood from the factory to make a chair.
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 Afrikaans: vaslê |
 Arabic: يَسْرِق أشْياء زهيدَه |
 Bulgarian: отмъквам |
 Brazilian: roubar |
 Czech: (u)krást |
 German: stibitzen |
 Danish: hugge; småstjæle |
 Greek: κλέβω |
 Spanish: hurtar, robar |
 Estonian: näppama |
 Farsi: دله دزدی کردن |
 Finnish: näpistää |
 French: chaparder |
 Hebrew: “לִסחוֹב” |
 Hindi: चुराना |
 Croatian: krasti, potkradati |
 Hungarian: ellop |
 Indonesian: mencuri |
 Icelandic: hnupla |
 Italian: rubacchiare |
 Japanese: 盗む |
 Korean: 좀도둑질하다 |
 Lithuanian: vogti, voginėti |
 Latvian: zagt;čiept |
 Malay: mencuri |
 Dutch: gappen |
 Norwegian: rappe, naske |
 Polish: podwędzić, ukraść |
 Persian: دله دزدی کردن |
 Pashto: دكم څيز غلا كول، پټول |
 Portuguese: roubar |
 Romanian: aşterpeli, a ciordi |
 Russian: воровать, таскать |
 Slovak: (u)kradnúť |
 Slovenian: zmakniti |
 Serbian: potkradati |
 Swedish: snatta |
 Thai: ลักเล็กขโมยน้อย |
 Turkish: aşırmak, araklamak |
 Taiwanese: 當小偷 |
 Ukrainian: красти; потягти |
 Urdu: معمولي چيزوں کي چوري کرنا |
 Vietnamese: ăn cắp vặt |
 Chinese: 偷窃（一般指小偷小摸） |
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