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  • 41pilferage — pilfer ► VERB ▪ steal (things of little value). DERIVATIVES pilferage noun. ORIGIN Old French pelfrer to pillage …

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  • 42filch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. steal, pilfer (see stealing). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rob, pilfer, purloin; see steal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal, pilfer, lift, shoplift, swipe, *pinch, thieve, purloin, *power, *rip …

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  • 43steal — steal, *pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop are comparable when they mean to take another s possession without right and without his knowledge or permission. Steal, the commonest and most general of the group, can refer to any …

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  • 44Wild 9 — Infobox VG title = Wild 9 caption = developer = Shiny Entertainment publisher = Interplay designer = David Perry released = NA September 30, 1998 EU September, 1998 JP February 10, 2000 modes = Single player genre = Platform series= ratings =… …

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  • 45Package pilferage — Pilferage is the theft of part of the contents of a package. It may also include theft of the contents but leaving the package, perhaps resealed with bogus contents. Small packages can be pilfered from a larger package such as a shipping… …

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  • 46swipe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strike, hit, thwack; informal, steal, grap, snatch, pilfer, snitch (sl.), lift, filch, cop, borrow. See impulse, stealing. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. blow, slap, smack, roundhouse, punch, swat …

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  • 47snarf — verb make off with belongings of others • Syn: ↑pilfer, ↑cabbage, ↑purloin, ↑pinch, ↑abstract, ↑swipe, ↑hook, ↑sneak, ↑filch, ↑nobble, ↑ …

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  • 48steal´er — steal «steel», verb, stole, sto|len, steal|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take (something) that does not belong to one; take dishonestly: »Robbers stole the money. Who steals my purse, st …

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  • 49pick — I. verb Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick more at pike Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a …

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  • 50steal — I. verb (stole; stolen; stealing) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; akin to Old High German stelan to steal Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a… …

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