transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪlfə(r) ]
( pilfers, pilfering, pilfered)
If someone pilfers , they steal things, usually small cheap things.
Staff were pilfering behind the bar...
When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market.
VERB : V , V n
• pil‧fer‧ing
Precautions had to be taken to prevent pilfering.
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