pilfer

  • 71pilferage — (n.) 1620s, from PILFER (Cf. pilfer) + AGE (Cf. age) …

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  • 72steal — I. v. a. 1. Purloin, pilfer, filch, poach, peculate, embezzle, swindle, make off with, come unlawfully by. 2. Allure, win, gain, draw over. 3. Convey secretly. 4. Take secretly, accomplish secretly. II. v. n. 1. Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise… …

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  • 73make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …

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  • 74mooch — [mo͞och] Slang vi. [ME mowchen, dial. var. of mychen, to pilfer: see MICHE] 1. to skulk or sneak 2. to loiter, loaf, or rove about 3. to get food, money, etc. by begging or sponging vt. 1. to steal; pilfer …

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  • 75cab|bage — cab|bage1 «KAB ihj», noun, verb, baged, bag|ing. –n. 1. a) a plant whose leaves are closely folded into a round head that grows from a short stem. Cabbage belongs to the mustard family. The most common kind is called white cabbage; red and savoy… …

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  • 76pil´fer|er — pil|fer «PIHL fuhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to steal in small quantities: »to pilfer from a cash box, to pilfer stamps. The tramp pilfered some apples from the barrel. Figurative. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful… …

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  • 77pil|fer — «PIHL fuhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to steal in small quantities: »to pilfer from a cash box, to pilfer stamps. The tramp pilfered some apples from the barrel. Figurative. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace… …

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  • 78scroung´er — scrounge «skrownj», verb, scrounged, scroung|ing. Slang. –v.i. 1. to search about for what one can find: »He scrounged around in junk shops and acquired…the French mantel clock (Atlantic). 2. to sponge (on). –v.t. 1. to beg; get by begging: » …

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  • 79Cabbage — Cab bage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabbaged} ( b[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabbaging} ( b[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after …

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  • 80Cabbaged — Cabbage Cab bage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabbaged} ( b[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabbaging} ( b[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth… …

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