Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PILFERING

pp. Stealing; practicing petty thefts.

 

PILFERING

n.Petty theft. Pilfering was so universal in all the South sea islands, that it was hardly recognized in the moral code of the natives as an offense, much less a crime.

 

PILFERINGLY

adv. With petty theft; filchingly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PILFERING

PILFERING Pil "fer *ing, a.

 

Defn: Thieving in a small way. Shak. -- n.

 

Defn: Petty theft. -- Pil "fer *ing *ly, adv.