|
|
- pronunciation:
- pIl
f
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
pilfers, pilfering, pilfered |
| definition: |
to steal, esp. trifling amounts or things of small value.
She caught her roommate pilfering her candy from her desk drawer.- similar words:
- purloin
|
| related words: |
borrow, embezzle, liberate, loot, pick, rob, steal |
|
|
| derivations: |
pilferage (n.), pilferer (n.) |
|
|