PILFER

[pil.fer] vb pil.fered ; pil.fer.ing [MF pelfrer, fr. pelfre booty] vi (ca. 1548): steal; esp: to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again ~ vt: steal; esp: to steal in small quantities syn see steal -- pil.fer.able adj -- pil.fer.age n -- pil.fer.er n -- pil.fer.proof adj