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pilfer noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French pelfre, from pelfrer: see PILFER verb, and cf. PELF.]
The action of pilfering. Now only in pilfer-proof below. LME.
That which is pilfered; plunder, booty. Now rare. LME.
Comb.: pilfer-proof adjective resistant to or protected against being broken into or stolen.
? Sense 1 in isolated use after LME until pilfer-proof used in M20.