Definition of Pilfery

1. n. Petty theft.

Definition of Pilfery

1. Noun. petty theft ¹

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Definition of Pilfery

1. petty theft [n PILFERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilfery

pileworks
pileworm
pilewort
pileworts
pilfer
pilferable
pilferage
pilferages
pilfered
pilferer
pilferers
pilferies
pilfering
pilferproof
pilfers
pilfery (current term)
pilgarlic
pilgarlick
pilgarlics
pilgrim
pilgrim's journey
pilgrimage
pilgrimaged
pilgrimages
pilgrimaging
pilgrimize
pilgrimized
pilgrimizes
pilgrimizing
pilgrims

Literary usage of Pilfery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Signs of the Times: Comprised in Ten Lectures, Designed to Show the by Lebbeus Armstrong (1848)
"... and, subsequently steals a shilling, or any other trifling article of pilfery, he is liable to trial and sentence to the state penitentiary, a term, ..."

2. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1882)
"... and all equall distribution of justice, euery petit-larceny and two peny pilfery being equally rated with the highest felonies, and censured with death. ..."

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