pil·fer /ˈpɪlfɚ/
(vt.)(vi.)盜,偷,竊
Pil·fer v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pilfered p. pr. & vb. n. Pilfering.] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
Pil·fer, v. t. 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.
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pilfer
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: cabbage, purloin,
pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak,
filch, nobble, lift]