pilfer

pilfer is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
2. transitive verb. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.
3. verb. make off with belongings of others

   Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pilfer:

pilfre

Common word forms

pilfers, pilfered, pilferer, pilfering, pilferable, pilferment

Words from these letters

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