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Synonyms for pilfer
ˈpɪl fərpil·fer

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  1. pilfer

    Synonyms:
    abstract, peculate, filch, purloin, smuggle, cabbage, steal, thieve

    Antonyms:
    pillage, ransack, plunder, rifle, spoil

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  1. embezzleverb

    Submitted by Providence on July 4, 2023  

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  1. pilferverb

    Synonyms:
    steal (by petty theft), filch, purloin, CABBAGE, bob

  2. pilferverb

    Synonyms:
    steal, thieve, practise petty theft

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  1. pilferverb

    Synonyms:
    filch, purloin

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How to use pilfer in a sentence?

  1. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.:

    This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

  2. Aristophanes:

    This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.


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