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pilfery
† ˈpilfery Obs. Forms: 5 pylfry, 6–7 pilfry, -rie, pilfery, -erie, 7 pilfrey. [app. in origin a variant of pelferie, pelfry (a. OF. *pelferie, peuferie); but from the first denoting the action of F. pelfrer ‘to pillage, plunder, rob’, rather than the concrete ‘booty, spoil’, and afterwards associate...
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thievery
thievery (ˈθiːvərɪ) [f. thief, thiev- (see note in etym. s.v.), or thieve v. + -ery.] 1. The committing or practice of theft; stealing. With a and pl., An act of thieving.1568 U. Fulwell Like Will to Like E j b, Yet better it is to beg moste shamefully, Then to be hanged and to theeuery our selues f...
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pelfry
† pelfry Obs. Forms: α. 5 pelfere, 6 -fre, -frey, -fray, -fery, -fary, -pelfry. β. 5–6 pil-, pylfre. [a. ONF. *pelferie, instanced 14–15th c. in forms peuferie, peufferie, mod. Norm. peuferie, peufrie (Godef.) frippery. See also pilfery.] 1. Things pilfered; booty, spoil.c 1460 Promp. Parv. 391/1 (M...
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pilfer
▪ I. pilfer, n. Now rare. (ˈpɪlfə(r)) Forms: 5 pilfre, pelfyr, -fere, 5–6 pylfre, 7– pilfer. [In earlier form app. a. OF. pelfre spoil (11th c. in Godef.): see pelf n. In 17th c. use, perh. viewed as formed immediately on pilfer v.] 1. That which is pilfered or plundered; spoil, plunder, booty; in e...
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