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pilfer

/ˈpɪlfə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpɪlfə/
pilfer
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

pil - fer -> pilfer

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) အနည်းငယ်စီခိုးသည်။

Full entry

pilfer /'pÇlfǝ(r)/ v ~ (sth) (from sb/sth)

ကဲ့ဝှက်သည်။ တစ်တိ တစ်တိခိုးသည်။ He was caught pilfering. ❍ She had been pilfering (small amounts) from the petty cash for months.
❏ pilferage /'pÇlfǝrÇdʒ/ n [U] အခိုးခံရခြင်း။ losses due to damage or pilferage.

More examples
  • pilfer /'pÇlfǝ(r)/ v ~ (sth) (from sb/sth) ကဲ့ဝှက်သည်။ တစ်တိ တစ်တိခိုးသည်။ He was caught pilfering.
  • She had been pilfering (small amounts) from the petty cash for months. ❏ pilferage /'pÇlfǝrÇdʒ/ n [U] အခိုးခံရခြင်း။ losses due to damage or pilferage.
Synonyms
steal, pinch, filch, thieve, lift, make off with, embezzle, appropriate, annex, borrow, cop, crib, knock off, liberate, moonlight, nick, palm, pluck, poach, purloin, requisition, rip off, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, walk off with
Antonyms
free, give, keep, offer, receive, refuse, reject, return
Cross references
stealpinchfilchthieveliftmake off withembezzleappropriateannexborrowcopcribknock offliberatemoonlightnickpalmpluckpoachpurloinrequisitionrip offrobscroungesnaresnatchswipetake
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