pilfer[verb]Synonyms: steal, appropriate, embezzle, filch, knock off
(slang), lift
(informal), nick
(slang, chiefly Brit.), pinch
(informal), purloin, snaffle
(Brit. informal), swipe
(slang), take
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pil‧fer /ˈpɪlfə $ -ər/
verb [intransitive and transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: pelfrer, from pelfre 'stolen things']
to steal things that are not worth much, especially from the place where you work
pilfer from
She was sacked after being caught pilfering from the till.—pilferer noun [countable]:
an office pilferer—pilfering noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲