pilfer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pilfer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pilfer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pilfer v make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pilfer \Pil"fer\, v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pilfer \Pil"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilfered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pilfering}.] [OF. pelfrer. See {Pelf}.] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.