- pelfre
- pelfe, or pelfre/pelf(ar)/ Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict
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pelfe, or pelfre — /pelf(ar)/ Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict … Black's law dictionary
Pelf — Pelf, n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. {Pilfer}.] Money; riches; lucre; gain; generally conveying the idea of something ill gotten or worthless. It has no plural. Mucky pelf. Spenser.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pelf — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French pelfre booty Date: 14th century money, riches … New Collegiate Dictionary
pilfer — verb (pilfered; pilfering) Etymology: Middle French pelfrer, from pelfre booty Date: circa 1548 intransitive verb steal; especially to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again transitive verb steal; especially to steal in small … New Collegiate Dictionary
pelf — /pelf/, n. money or wealth, esp. when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means. [1300 50; ME < OF pelfre booty] * * * … Universalium
pilfer — pilferer, n. /pil feuhr/, v.i., v.t. to steal, esp. in small quantities. [1540 50; v. use of late ME pilfre booty < MF pelfre. See PELF] Syn. thieve, purloin, filch, appropriate. * * * … Universalium
pilfer — pil|fer [ˈpılfə US ər] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pelfrer, from pelfre stolen things ] to steal things that are not worth much, especially from the place where you work pilfer from ▪ She was sacked after being caught… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pelf — late 14c., from Anglo Fr. pelf, from O.Fr. pelfre booty, spoils (11c.), of unknown origin, related to PILFER (Cf. pilfer) (q.v.). Meaning money, riches, with a pejorative overtone first recorded c.1500 … Etymology dictionary
pilfer — (v.) 1540s, from pilfer (n.), c.1400, from O.Fr. pelfre booty, spoils (11c.), of unknown origin, possibly related to PELF (Cf. pelf). Related: Pilfered; pilfering … Etymology dictionary
pelf — n British money. An old term, like many others (rhino, spondulicks, etc.) revived in the money conscious environment of the later 1980s. Pelf is from the Middle Eng lish pelfre, related to pilfer and meaning loot. ► Miss Smith ... Cold as the Ice … Contemporary slang
