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Verb: pilfer  pil-fu(r)
  1. Take by theft
    "He was going to pilfer the phone someone had left behind";
    - hook [informal], snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], cabbage [archaic, informal], purloin [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: pilfered, pilfering, pilfers

Type of: rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal

Encyclopedia: Pilfer