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PILFER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pilfer ... he / she / it pilfers
Past simple: pilfered
Past participle: pilfered
-ing form: pilfering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make off with belongings of others
Synonyms:
abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "pilfer" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They pilfer the goods
Derivation:
pilferage (the act of stealing small amounts or small articles)
pilferer (a thief who steals without using violence)
