Definition of Pilfer

Verb: pilfer pil-fu(r)

Make off with belongings of others
"Those who are detected usually cease to pilfer";
- cabbage, purloin, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch [informal], nobble [Brit], lift, snatch, whip [Brit], nick [Brit, informal]