Synonyms for pilfer
ˈpɪl fər

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1. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift(verb)

   make off with belongings of others

   Synonyms:
   elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, lift, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, accost, overcharge, knock off, sneak, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, pinch, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.50 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pilfer

   Synonyms:
   abstract, peculate, filch, purloin, smuggle, cabbage, steal, thieve

   Antonyms:
   pillage, ransack, plunder, rifle, spoil

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pilfer(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   steal (by petty theft), filch, purloin, CABBAGE, bob

2. pilfer(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   steal, thieve, practise petty theft

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pilfer(v)

   Synonyms:
   filch, purloin

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1. Aristophanes:

   This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

2. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.:

   This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

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