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pilfer
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[ˈpɪlfə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- steal (things of little value)
(e.g: she produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun in the senses ‘action of pilfering, something pilfered’): from Anglo-Norman French pelfre (noun) ‘booty’, pelfrer (verb) ‘to pillage’, probably ultimately related to frippery. Compare with pelf
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