pilfer
pronunciation
How to pronounce pilfer in British English:
UK [ˈpɪlfə(r)]
How to pronounce pilfer in American English:
US [ˈpɪlfɚ]
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- Verb:
- make off with belongings of others
Word Origin
- pilfer
- pilfer: [14] Originally pilfering was quite a serious matter, roughly what would now be termed plundering, but gradually over the centuries is has become trivialized to ‘stealing small things’. It was to begin with only a noun in English (the verb did not arrive until the 16th century), but its ultimate source was the Anglo- Norman verb pelfrer ‘rob, plunder’. No one is too sure where that came from, although it may be related in some way to the now archaic pelf ‘money’ [14], which originally meant ‘spoils, booty’.
- pilfer (v.)
- 1540s, from pilfer (n.) "spoils, booty," c. 1400, from Old French pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin, possibly related to pelf. Related: Pilfered; pilfering.
Example
- 1. Software turns over the economics of pilfer edition strategy to analyse .
- 2. The horse that has grandfather of a noble by pilfer .
- 3. This car does not have formalities , not be pilfer grabs car absolutely .
- 4. The experience after credit card report the loss of sth again is pilfer brushed in flaw of safety of existence of travel credit card ?
- 5. A gang thief enters his home to come pilfer .