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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Pilfered

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Pilfering

[OF.

pelfrer

. See

To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

Verb.

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.

Verb.

To steal in small quantities; to practice petty theft; as a boy accustomed to pilfer.

A pilfering hand.

Verb.

To steal or gain by petty theft; to filch.

He would not pilfer the victory, and the defeat was easy.