Pilfer

//ˈpɪl.fɚ//

Synonyms for "pilfer" (87 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

49 translations across 23 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • върша дребни кражби verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • отмъквам verb (to steal in small quantities)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 偷竊 /偷窃 verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • 偷雞摸狗 /偷鸡摸狗 verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • 小偷小摸 verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • 扒竊 /扒窃 verb (to steal in small quantities)

Czech

2 entries
  • rozkrádat verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • ukrádat verb (to steal in small quantities)

Dutch

2 entries
  • jatten verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • stelen verb (to steal in small quantities)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝteleti verb (to steal in small quantities)

Finnish

2 entries
  • näpistellä verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • näpistää verb (to steal in small quantities)

French

2 entries
  • chaparder verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • piquer verb (to steal in small quantities)

Galician

2 entries
  • sacumar verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • sisar verb (to steal in small quantities)

German

4 entries
  • abziehen verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • klauen verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • mausen verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • mitgehen lassen verb (to steal in small quantities)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • dézsmál verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • lopkod verb (to steal in small quantities)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • näpissellä verb (to steal in small quantities)

Italian

1 entries
  • rubacchiare verb (to steal in small quantities)

Latin

1 entries
  • surpō verb (to steal in small quantities)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaiā verb (to steal in small quantities)

Polish

2 entries
  • podkradać verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • podkraść verb (to steal in small quantities)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • surripiar verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • surrupiar verb (to steal in small quantities)

Russian

4 entries
  • ворова́ть verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • красть verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • разворо́вывать verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • раста́скивать verb (to steal in small quantities)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • चोरयति verb (to steal in small quantities)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • potkradati verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • поткрадати verb (to steal in small quantities)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ratear verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • sisar verb (to steal in small quantities)

Swedish

1 entries
  • snatta verb (to steal in small quantities)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kumupit verb (to steal in small quantities)
  • mangupit verb (to steal in small quantities)

Welsh

1 entries
  • chwiwladrata verb (to steal in small quantities)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is my intention to plunder and pilfer my weasely guts out.

Source: tatoeba (8310273)

Hunger, however, was ever on hand; then he had to become a marauder; dig some potatoes, and cook them in a corner of a wood, or pilfer the orchards.

Source: tatoeba (12095574)

pilfer goods

Source: wiktionary

pilfer from a store

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.