Crossword-Solution: PILFER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pilfer | v. i. | To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft. |
| Pilfer | v. t. | To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. |
We have 37 clues for the answer “PILFER”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| steal in small quantities | 1 answer |
| Act the petty thief | 1 answer |
| Commit petty theft | 1 answer |
| Emulate Raffles | 1 answer |
| Engage in petty theft | 1 answer |
| Indulge in petty theft. | 1 answer |
| STEAL in a petty way | 1 answer |
| STEAL minor items | 1 answer |
| Steal bit by bit | 1 answer |
| Steal pettily | 1 answer |
| make off with belongings of others | 1 answer |
| Shoplift, e.g. | 2 answers |
| Lift, so to speak | 4 answers |
| Shoplift | 6 answers |
| COMMIT FRAUD AND STEAL FROM ONE'S EMPLOYER | 11 answers |
| thieve | 15 answers |
| Purloin | 16 answers |
| make away with | 18 answers |
| MAKE off with | 20 answers |
| filch | 20 answers |
| Snatch | 21 answers |
| Swipe | 22 answers |
| Rip off | 24 answers |
| Ripoff | 27 answers |
| COP ___ | 27 answers |
| CRIB ___ | 29 answers |
| Move Furtively | 32 answers |
| Snitch | 33 answers |
| Loot | 37 answers |
| Plunder | 37 answers |
| Rob | 40 answers |
| Pinch | 47 answers |
| Hook | 59 answers |
| Steal | 64 answers |
| Lift | 65 answers |
| ABSTRACT ___ | 76 answers |
| Appropriate | 92 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PILFER (5)
For you were committed to pilfer property to the value of L10,000----" "And to fulfil the obligation I have stolen your hand in marriage.
They were dreadful beings, indeed, and longed to get to Oz that they might begin to pilfer and destroy.
The army of the Persians, in the plains of Arbela, was such a vast sea of people, as it did somewhat astonish the commanders in Alexander's army; who came to him therefore, and wished him to set upon them by night; and he answered, He would not pilfer the victory.
III He to the Pagan cries: "Forego thy theft, And down, false felon, from that pilfer'd steed; I am not wont to let my own be reft.
Mark? Who are you that you should pilfer those treasures which our fathers through so many centuries have collected? We were a great city when France was a desert.
Quotes with PILFER (2)
The practice of magic also demands the development of what is called the magical will. Will is very much akin to what Victorian schoolmasters called "character": honesty, self-discipline, commitment, and conviction. Those who would practice magic must be scrupulously honest in their personal lives. In one sense, magic works on the principle that "it is so because I say it is so." A bag of herbs acquires the power to heal because I say it does. For my word to take on such forc…
Most plagiarists like the drone have neither taste to select industry to acquire nor skill to improve but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared from the hive.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 34 times in crossword archives (1960–2024).