Pilfre

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of pilfer. alt-of, ambitransitive, obsolete

    "[…] this man deſerues to be endited of pety larceny for pilfring other mens deuiſes from them […]"

Etymology

From Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.

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