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Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪlfə], [ pˈɪlfə], [ p_ˈɪ_l_f_ə]
If you're looking for synonyms for the word "pilfer", you might consider using words like steal, thieve, purloin, rob, swipe, snatch, or filch. All of these words essentially mean the same thing as pilfer - to take something that doesn't belong to you without permission. Of course, depending on the context, different words may be more appropriate. For example, "rob" implies a more violent theft, while "snatch" might imply a quick, opportunistic theft. Regardless of which synonym you choose, it's always important to remember that taking things that don't belong to you is generally not a good idea!
Related words: steal, theft, pilfer, filch, filched, stealer, thief
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Synonyms for Pilfer:
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v.
• appropriate- gat fingers on ,
- gat hands on ,
- gets fingers on ,
- gets hands on ,
- getting fingers on ,
- getting hands on ,
- glom to ,
- glommed on to ,
- glommed to ,
- glomming on to ,
- glomming to ,
- gloms on to ,
- gloms to ,
- got fingers on ,
- got hands on ,
- gotten fingers on ,
- gotten hands on ,
- grabbed hold of ,
- grabbing hold of ,
- grabs hold of ,
- mis appropriate ,
- mis appropriated ,
- mis appropriates ,
- mis appropriating ,
- mis-appropriate ,
- mis-appropriated ,
- mis-appropriates ,
- mis-appropriating ,
- moonlighted requisition ,
- moonlighting requisition ,
- moonlights requisition ,
- takes over ,
- took over .
- made one own ,
- made one's own ,
- made ones own ,
- made own ,
- make one own ,
- make ones own ,
- make own ,
- makes one own ,
- makes one's own ,
- makes ones own ,
- makes own ,
- making one own ,
- making one's own ,
- making ones own ,
- making own .
- Choused ,
- Chousing ,
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- chouses ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- did number on ,
- didst number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth number on ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- pulled fast one ,
- pulling fast one ,
- pulls fast one ,
- sucker in to ,
- suckered in to ,
- suckered into ,
- suckering in to ,
- suckering into ,
- suckers in to ,
- suckers into ,
- take cleaner ,
- take cleaner's ,
- take cleaners ,
- take the cleaner ,
- take the cleaner's ,
- take the cleaners ,
- take to cleaner ,
- take to cleaner's ,
- take to the cleaner ,
- takes cleaner ,
- takes cleaner's ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes the cleaner ,
- takes the cleaner's ,
- takes the cleaners ,
- takes to cleaner ,
- takes to cleaner's ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- takes to the cleaner ,
- takes to the cleaner's ,
- takes to the cleaners ,
- taking cleaner ,
- taking cleaner's ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking the cleaner ,
- taking the cleaner's ,
- taking the cleaners ,
- taking to cleaner ,
- taking to cleaner's ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- taking to the cleaner ,
- taking to the cleaner's ,
- taking to the cleaners ,
- took cleaner ,
- took cleaner's ,
- took cleaners ,
- took the cleaner ,
- took the cleaner's ,
- took the cleaners ,
- took to cleaner ,
- took to cleaner's ,
- took to cleaners ,
- took to the cleaner ,
- took to the cleaner's ,
- took to the cleaners .
- de falcate ,
- de falcated ,
- de-falcate ,
- de-falcated ,
- mis applied ,
- mis applies ,
- mis apply ,
- mis applying ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-applies ,
- mis-apply ,
- mis-applying ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- put hand cookie jar ,
- put hand till ,
- puts hand cookie jar ,
- puts hand in cookie jar ,
- puts hand in till ,
- puts hand till ,
- putting hand cookie jar ,
- putting hand in cookie jar ,
- putting hand in till ,
- putting hand till .
- casting about ,
- casts about ,
- fine tooth comb ,
- fine tooth combed ,
- fine tooth combing ,
- fine tooth combs ,
- fine-tooth-combed ,
- fine-tooth-combing ,
- fine-tooth-combs .
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils .
- fished illegally ,
- fishes illegally ,
- fishing illegally ,
- hunted illegally ,
- hunting illegally ,
- hunts illegally .
- go over with a fine tooth comb ,
- go over with a finetooth comb ,
- go over with fine tooth comb ,
- go over with fine-tooth comb ,
- go over with finetooth comb ,
- goes over with a fine tooth comb ,
- goes over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- goes over with a finetooth comb ,
- goes over with fine tooth comb ,
- goes over with fine-tooth comb ,
- goes over with finetooth comb ,
- going over with a fine tooth comb ,
- going over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- going over with a finetooth comb ,
- going over with fine tooth comb ,
- going over with fine-tooth comb ,
- going over with finetooth comb ,
- leaved no stone unturned ,
- leaves no stone unturned ,
- leaving no stone unturned ,
- left no stone unturned ,
- look high low ,
- look over for ,
- looked all over for ,
- looked high and low ,
- looked high low ,
- looked over for ,
- looking all over for ,
- looking high and low ,
- looking high low ,
- looking over for ,
- looks all over for ,
- looks high and low ,
- looks high low ,
- looks over for ,
- over haul ,
- over hauled ,
- over hauling ,
- over hauls ,
- over-haul ,
- over-hauled ,
- over-hauling ,
- over-hauls ,
- pro bed ,
- pro-bed ,
- shakes down ,
- shaking down ,
- shook down ,
- takes away ,
- went over with a fine tooth comb ,
- went over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- went over with a finetooth comb ,
- went over with fine tooth comb ,
- went over with fine-tooth comb ,
- went over with finetooth comb .
- be reave ,
- be reaved ,
- be reaves ,
- be reaving ,
- be reft ,
- be-reave ,
- be-reaved ,
- be-reaves ,
- be-reaving ,
- be-reft ,
- brake in to ,
- brake into ,
- break in to ,
- breaking in to ,
- breaks in to ,
- breaks into ,
- broke in to ,
- broke into ,
- dis inherit ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis inheriting ,
- dis inherits ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-inherit ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-inheriting ,
- dis-inherits ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- sticked up ,
- strongarm ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- Copped ,
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Defalcated ,
- Defalcating ,
- Ferreted ,
- Ferreting ,
- Ferrets ,
- Misapplied ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Sniped ,
- Sniping ,
- borrow ,
- break into ,
- breaking into ,
- burgle ,
- burgled ,
- burgles ,
- burgling ,
- carried off ,
- carry off ,
- cast about ,
- chouse ,
- copping ,
- defalcate ,
- defalcates ,
- defraud ,
- do number on ,
- do out of ,
- embezzle ,
- explore ,
- explores ,
- ferret ,
- filch ,
- fine-tooth-comb ,
- fish illegally ,
- forage ,
- foraging ,
- get fingers on ,
- get hands on ,
- glom on to ,
- go over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- grab hold of ,
- hunt illegally ,
- jive ,
- jived ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- knock over ,
- knocked over ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- leave no stone unturned ,
- look all over for ,
- look high and low ,
- loot ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- out wit ,
- outwitting ,
- pillage ,
- plundered ,
- poach ,
- pull fast one ,
- put hand in cookie jar ,
- put hand in till ,
- ran off with ,
- ran with ,
- ransack ,
- rip off ,
- rob ,
- rummage ,
- run off with ,
- run with ,
- shake down ,
- snipe ,
- snipes ,
- snuck ,
- stick up ,
- sticking up ,
- sticks up ,
- strong arm ,
- stuck up ,
- sucker into ,
- take away ,
- take over ,
- take to cleaners ,
- take to the cleaner's ,
- take to the cleaners ,
- taking away ,
- taking over ,
- took away ,
- usurped ,
- walk off with ,
- walk with ,
- walked off with .
- And ,
- Filching ,
- Misemploy ,
- Pilfering ,
- abduct ,
- abuse ,
- accost ,
- addict ,
- airlift ,
- annex ,
- annexe ,
- annul ,
- appropriate ,
- arise ,
- arrogate ,
- bag ,
- befoul ,
- beg ,
- boost ,
- bring up ,
- cabbage ,
- cancel ,
- carry away ,
- come up ,
- commandeer ,
- compress ,
- conjure ,
- convert ,
- copy ,
- countermand ,
- cram ,
- crave ,
- creep ,
- crib ,
- crimp ,
- crochet ,
- crook ,
- debase ,
- defile ,
- desecrate ,
- diddle ,
- divert ,
- drench ,
- elevate ,
- enhance ,
- erect ,
- expropriate ,
- extract ,
- finger ,
- foul ,
- gazump ,
- get away with ,
- glom ,
- go up ,
- goldbrick ,
- gyp ,
- help oneself to ,
- hoist ,
- hook ,
- impound ,
- kidnap ,
- knock ,
- knock-off ,
- liberate ,
- make ,
- make away with ,
- make off with ,
- maladminister ,
- maraud ,
- misapply ,
- misappropriate ,
- mishandle ,
- mismanage ,
- misuse ,
- moonlight ,
- mouse ,
- move up ,
- move upward ,
- move upwards ,
- mulct ,
- nab ,
- nick ,
- nim ,
- nobble ,
- nullify ,
- overcharge ,
- overturn ,
- peculate ,
- pervert ,
- pick ,
- pilferage ,
- pinch ,
- plagiarise ,
- pluck ,
- pollute ,
- prig ,
- profane ,
- promote ,
- prostitute ,
- purloin ,
- quit ,
- raise ,
- remove ,
- repeal ,
- requisition ,
- rescind ,
- resign ,
- reverse ,
- revoke ,
- rip ,
- rise ,
- rise up ,
- rook ,
- scam ,
- scrounge ,
- scrounging ,
- seize ,
- short-change ,
- snaffle ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- soak ,
- solicit ,
- squeeze ,
- surcharge ,
- take ,
- thieve ,
- top ,
- twinge ,
- uprise ,
- usurp ,
- vacate ,
- vellicate ,
- victimize ,
- violate ,
- walk away with ,
- walk off ,
- whip .
How to use "Pilfer" in context?
Pilfer is a criminal offense that refers to theTaking or borrowing of anything with an improper motive, such as gaining an unfair advantage in a game or election. The punishment for pilfer can vary, but is generally more severe if the item taken is valuable.
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