vt. 盗取, 小偷小摸, 剽窃

vi. 盗取, 小偷小摸, 剽窃

[法] 小偷小摸, 偷窃

[ verb ]
make off with belongings of others
<verb.possession> abstract cabbage filch hook lift nobble pinch purloin snarf sneak swipe

Pilfer \Pil"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilfered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pilfering}.] [OF. pelfrer. See {Pelf}.]
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to
practice petty theft.


Pilfer \Pil"fer\, v. t.
To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.

And not a year but pilfers as he goes
Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep.
--Cowper.