| VERB | possession | pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | make off with belongings of others |
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| Sounds | pih'lfer | |
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| Rhymes | aquifer ... zephyr / Zephyr: 60 rhymes with fer... | |
| Meaning | Make off with belongings of others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Model | They pilfer the goods | |
| Synonyms | cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | afanar, atrapar, birlar, enganchar, guindar, hurtar, mangar, quitar, robar | |
| Catalan | furtar, pispar, robar | |
| Nouns | pilferage | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles |
| pilferer | a thief who steals without using violence | |
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