pilfer
verb
1 pilfer
Make off with belongings of others.
synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe ... show more.
Roget 791:
steal,
thieve,
rob,
mug,
purloin,
pilfer,
filch,
prig,
bag,
nim†,
crib,
cabbage,
palm;
abstract;
appropriate,
plagiarize.
convey away,
carry off,
abduct,
kidnap,
crimp;
make off with,
walk off with,
run off with;
run away with;
spirit away,
seize
etc.
(lay violent hands on)
789.
plunder,
pillage,
rifle,
sack,
loot,
ransack,
spoil,
spoliate†,
despoil,
strip,
sweep,
gut,
forage,
levy blackmail,
pirate,
pickeer†,
maraud,
lift cattle,
poach;
smuggle,
run;
badger [Slang];
bail up,
hold up,
stick up;
bunco,
bunko,
filibuster.
swindle,
peculate,
embezzle;
sponge,
mulct,
rook,
bilk,
pluck,
pigeon,
fleece;
defraud
etc.
545;
obtain under false pretenses;
live by one's wits.
rob Peter to pay Paul,
borrow of Peter to pay Paul;
set a thief to catch a thief.
disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].
[receive stolen goods]
fence,
launder,
launder money.
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Dutch: verdonkeremanen, ontwenden, stelen, ontvreemden
Moby thesaurus: abstract, abuse, and, annex, appropriate, bag, befoul, boost, borrow, convert, cop, crib, debase, defalcate, defile, defraud, desecrate, divert, embezzle, extort, filch, foul, grab, hook, lift, make off with, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, nick, nip, palm, peculate, pervert, pinch, plunder, poach, pollute, profane, prostitute, purloin, rip off, rob, run away with, rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snaffle, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, violate, walk off with ... show more.
pilfering
Moby thesaurus: abstraction, abuse, abuse of office, annexation, appropriation, befoulment, boosting, conversion, conveyance, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, filching, fouling, fraud, graft, liberation, lifting, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, peculation, perversion, pilferage, pinching, poaching, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, scrounging, shoplifting, snatching, sneak thievery, snitching, stealage, stealing, swindle, swiping, theft, thievery, thieving, violation ... show more.
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