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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pilfer/ˈpɪlfə(r)/

▶verb steal (things of little value).

– derivatives
pilferage noun,
pilferer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. pelfrer ‘to pillage’; cf. pelf.

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