pilfer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PILFER

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep <what sort of person would pilfer lunches from the office refrigerator?>

Synonyms appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve

Related Words burglarize, knock over, rob; loot, pillage, plunder, sack; carjack, hijack (also highjack); pick, rifle; poach, rustle, shoplift; collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take; mooch, sponge; abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit

Near Antonyms buy, purchase; bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present

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