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   pilfer

   /ˈpɪlfə/

   verb

   • 1. steal (things of little value): "she produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘action of pilfering, something pilfered’): from Old French pelfrer ‘to pillage’, of unknown origin. Compare with pelf.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pilferer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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