pilfer
verb
[ ˈpɪlfə ]
• steal (things of little value).
• "she produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer"
Similar:
steal,
thieve,
rob,
take,
snatch,
purloin,
loot,
rifle,
abscond with,
carry off,
pillage,
walk off/away with,
run away/off with,
swipe,
nab,
rip off,
lift,
`liberate',
`borrow',
filch,
snaffle,
snitch,
pinch,
half-inch,
nick,
whip,
knock off,
nobble,
bone,
heist,
glom,
snavel,
tief,
crib,
hook,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘action of pilfering, something pilfered’): from Old French pelfrer ‘to pillage’, of unknown origin. Compare with pelf.
