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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.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pilfer
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: {cabbage}, {purloin},
{pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak},
{filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
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