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pilfer
Synonyms and Antonyms of pilfer
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
- what sort of person would pilfer lunches from the office refrigerator?
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steal, pilfer, filch, purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection. steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to intangibles as well as material things.
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- steal jewels
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- stole a look at the gifts
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- pilfered from his employer
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- filched an apple from the tray
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- printed a purloined document
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