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Definition of Pilfery
1. n. Petty theft.
Definition of Pilfery
1. Noun. petty theft ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pilfery
1. petty theft [n PILFERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilfery
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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