See pilfer in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To take (another's property) without permission:
filch, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. (Informal) lift, swipe. (Slang) cop, heist, hook, nip1, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idiom: make (or walk) off with. See crimes, give
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