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• pilfre (obsolete)

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɪl.fə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɪl.fɚ/

動詞

pilfer (third-person singular simple present pilfers, present participle pilfering, simple past and past participle pilfered)

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

   pilfer goods

   pilfer from a store

   pilfer small items

   The boy tried to pilfer sweets from the shop.

   Office supplies often get pilfered by employees.

   • 2026 March 28, Gloria Oladipo, “Sugar high(st): more than twelve tons of KitKat’s ‘new chocolate range’ stolen in Italy”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 29 March 2026:

     The truck carrying 413,793 units of a “new chocolate range”, about 12 tons of chocolate bars, was pilfered while driving through Europe on 26 March, Agence France-Presse reported.

派生語

関連する語

• pelf

参考

• fib

アナグラム

• reflip