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Verb: pilfer  pilfu(r)
  1. Make off with belongings of others
    - cabbage, purloin, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble [Brit], lift, nick [Brit]

Derived forms: pilfered, pilfers, pilfering

See also: pilferage, pilferer

Type of: steal

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Pilgrim
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Pilgrim Father
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Pilgrim's Progress
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