Definitions for pilfers

pilfers pil·fer

Spelling: [pil-fer]
IPA: /ˈpɪl fər/

Pilfers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in pilfers (efilprs).

Definitions for pilfers

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to steal, especially in small quantities.

Origin of pilfers

1540-50; v. use of late Middle English pilfre booty Middle French pelfre. See pelf

Examples for pilfers

But Julius and his comrades continued to pilfer American secrets for years after the defeat of fascism.

The central idea of this modern folly about the potato is that you must pilfer the root.

I have been shown the best spots, and I pilfer as well as I can—that is all.

At all events, if she did pilfer, she was neither suspected nor discovered.

If they win, they grab at booty; if they lose, they unhorse and pilfer their own side!

The women make baskets, beg, pilfer, or sift and grind corn.

The canonesses claim that we pilfer their friends away from them.

He had some sort of an idea that he might pilfer the hospitality of his enemies.

The movements of the red-haired girl were not those of one who sought to pilfer.

I suspect he has a plot with his apprentices to pilfer a portion of the metal.

Word Value for pilfers
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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