pilfer

pil·fer

P0302700 (pĭl′fər)v. pil·fered, pil·fer·ing, pil·fers v.tr. To steal (a small amount or item). See Synonyms at steal.v.intr. To steal or filch.

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[From Middle English pilfre, booty, spoils, from Old French pelfre; probably akin to felpe, frepe, old clothes; see frippery.]

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pil′fer·age (-ĭj) n.pil′fer·er n.

pilfer

(ˈpɪlfə) vbto steal (minor items), esp in small quantities[C14 pylfre (n) from Old French pelfre booty; see pelf] ˈpilferer n ˈpilfering n

pil•fer

(ˈpɪl fər)

v.i., v.t. to steal, esp. in small quantities. [1540–50; v. use of late Middle English pilfre booty < Middle French pelfre. See pelf] pil′fer•age (-ɪdʒ) n. pil′fer•er, n.

pilfer

- Originally, pilfering was a serious matter, synonymous with plundering, but it came to mean "stealing small things"; its source was Anglo-Norman pelfrer, "plunder, rob."See also related terms for rob.

pilfer

Past participle: pilfered
Gerund: pilfering

Imperative
pilfer
pilfer

Present
I pilfer
you pilfer
he/she/it pilfers
we pilfer
you pilfer
they pilfer

Preterite
I pilfered
you pilfered
he/she/it pilfered
we pilfered
you pilfered
they pilfered

Present Continuous
I am pilfering
you are pilfering
he/she/it is pilfering
we are pilfering
you are pilfering
they are pilfering

Present Perfect
I have pilfered
you have pilfered
he/she/it has pilfered
we have pilfered
you have pilfered
they have pilfered

Past Continuous
I was pilfering
you were pilfering
he/she/it was pilfering
we were pilfering
you were pilfering
they were pilfering

Past Perfect
I had pilfered
you had pilfered
he/she/it had pilfered
we had pilfered
you had pilfered
they had pilfered

Future
I will pilfer
you will pilfer
he/she/it will pilfer
we will pilfer
you will pilfer
they will pilfer

Future Perfect
I will have pilfered
you will have pilfered
he/she/it will have pilfered
we will have pilfered
you will have pilfered
they will have pilfered

Future Continuous
I will be pilfering
you will be pilfering
he/she/it will be pilfering
we will be pilfering
you will be pilfering
they will be pilfering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pilfering
you have been pilfering
he/she/it has been pilfering
we have been pilfering
you have been pilfering
they have been pilfering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pilfering
you will have been pilfering
he/she/it will have been pilfering
we will have been pilfering
you will have been pilfering
they will have been pilfering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pilfering
you had been pilfering
he/she/it had been pilfering
we had been pilfering
you had been pilfering
they had been pilfering

Conditional
I would pilfer
you would pilfer
he/she/it would pilfer
we would pilfer
you would pilfer
they would pilfer

Past Conditional
I would have pilfered
you would have pilfered
he/she/it would have pilfered
we would have pilfered
you would have pilfered
they would have pilfered

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

pilfer - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, purloin, snarf, nobble, abstract, swipe, pinch, sneak, hook, liftsteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

pilfer

verb steal, take, rob, lift (informal), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), appropriate, trouser (slang), rifle, pinch (informal), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), embezzle, blag (slang), walk off with, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, snaffle (Brit. informal), thieve Staff were pilfering cash from the bar.

pilfer

verbTo take (another's property) without permission:filch, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.Informal: lift, swipe.Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.Idiom: make off with.

Translations

偷窃

pilfer

(ˈpilfə) verb to steal (small things). He pilfered enough pieces of wood from the factory to make a chair. 當小偷 偷窃（一般指小偷小摸） ˈpilferage noun 小偷小摸，竊盜行為 小偷小摸，行窃偷盗 ˈpilferer noun 小偷 小偷小摸