English-Thai Dictionary

pilfer

VT ฉกชิงวิ่งราว  ลักเล็กขโมยน้อย  ขโมย  filch purloin steal chok-ching-wing-rao

 

pilferage

N การ ลักขโมย  การ ลักเล็กขโมยน้อย  การขโมย  การ ฉก  การ ฉกฉวย  kan-lak-ka-moi

 

pilferer

N ขโมย  คน ลักเล็กขโมยน้อย  thief ka-moi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PILFER

v.i.To steal in small quantities; to practice petty theft; as a boy accustomed to pilfer. A pilfering hand.

 

PILFER

v.t.To steal or gain by petty theft; to filch. He would not pilfer the victory, and the defeat was easy.

 

PILFERED

pp. Stolen in small parcels.

 

PILFERER

n.One that pilfers or practices petty theft.

 

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

PILFER

Pil "fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pilfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilfering. ]Etym: [OF. pelfrer. See Pelf. ]

 

Defn: To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

 

PILFER

PILFER Pil "fer, v. t.

 

Defn: To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper.

 

PILFERER

PILFERER Pil "fer *er, n.

 

Defn: One who pilfers; a petty thief.

 

PILFERING

PILFERING Pil "fer *ing, a.

 

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

 

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

 

PILFERY

PILFERY Pil "fer *y, n.

 

Defn: Petty theft. [R.] Sir T. North.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pilfer

pil fer |ˈpilfər ˈpɪlfər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] steal (typically things of relatively little value ). DERIVATIVES pil fer age |-rij |noun, pil fer er noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘action of pilfering, something pilfered ’): from Old French pelfrer ‘to pillage, ’ of unknown origin. Compare with pelf .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pilfer

pil ¦fer |ˈpɪlfə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] steal (things of little value ). DERIVATIVES pilferage noun, pilferer noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘action of pilfering, something pilfered ’): from Old French pelfrer ‘to pillage ’, of unknown origin. Compare with pelf .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pilfer

pilfer verb the gun was part of a cache pilfered from the air force: steal, thieve, take, snatch, purloin, loot; informal swipe, rob, nab, rip off, lift, “liberate ”, “borrow ”, filch, snaffle; pinch, heist.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pilfer

pilfer verb the gun was part of a cache pilfered from the air force three years ago. See thieve.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pilfer

pil fer /pɪ́lfə r /動詞 他動詞 自動詞 (…を )くすねる, こそどろする, ちょろまかす (steal ).～er /-f (ə )rə r /名詞 C こそどろ .