Pilfer

[imp. & p. p. PILFERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PILFERING.] [O. Fr. pelfrer. See PELF.] To steal in small quantities; to practice petty theft; as, a boy accustomed to pilfer. “A pilfering hand.” Dryden.

To steal or gain by petty theft; to filch.

He would not pilfer the victory, and the defeat was easy. Bacon.