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pilfer

verb

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?
Synonyms of pilfer

appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve
Words Related to pilfer

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

pick, rifle

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

mooch, sponge

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit
Phrases Synonymous with pilfer

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with
Near Antonyms of pilfer

buy, purchase

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present

Synonym Discussion of pilfer

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.
    • steal jewels
    • stole a look at the gifts
pilfer implies stealing repeatedly in small amounts.
    • pilfered from his employer
filch adds a suggestion of snatching quickly and surreptitiously.
    • filched an apple from the tray
purloin stresses removing or carrying off for one's own use or purposes.
    • printed a purloined document

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of pilfer Spanish Central: Translation of pilfer Nglish: Translation of pilfer for Spanish speakers

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