Pilfer (verb)
pil-fer
Steal (things of little value)
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.
Example sentences
“We knew the maid was pilfering things.”
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