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pilfer

verb
/ˈpɪl.fə/UK/ˈpɪl.fɚ/US

Etymology

From earlier pilfre, from Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.

  1. derived from pelfre
  2. derived from pilfre

Definitions

  1. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value

    To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

    • pilfer goods
    • pilfer from a store
    • pilfer small items

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pilfer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pilfer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at pilfer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA