The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STEALS , but the solution may also be LOOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
Pilfers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEALS | 39 % | 6 |
| ROBS | 21 % | 4 |
| SWIPES | 15 % | 6 |
| LIFTS | 9 % | 5 |
| LOOTS | 6 % | 5 |
| NIPS | 3 % | 4 |
| SNARFS | 3 % | 6 |
| FILCHES | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pilfers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- filch
- purloin
- nobble
- sneak
- swipe
- lift
- pinch
- abstract
- snarf
- hook
- cabbage
- robs
Crossword Answer definitions
STEALS verb- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- (of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To dispossess
- To borrow for a short moment.
- The number of stolen bases by a baserunner.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEALS
- Takes a five-finger discount
- Shopper's bargains
- Ganks
- Baseball stat
- Fingers
- Makes it home safe, say
- Great bargains
- Pirates
- Good buys
- Lifts
More clues leading to the result ROBS
More clues leading to the result SWIPES
- Makes off with
- Pilfers
- Steals
- Uses a credit card scanner
- Cops
- Pinches
- Processes during checkout, as a credit card
- Slides through a reader
- Reads, as a credit card
- Pilfers.
More clues leading to the result LIFTS
- Pilfers
- Height enhancers
- Boosts
- Rides
- Heighteners
- Shoe inserts
- Pumps iron
- Elevators, in England
- Elevator-shoe features
- Ski slope transports
More clues leading to the result LOOTS
- Ransacks
- Pillages
- Plunders
- Sacks
- Takes stock?
- Engages in pillaging
- Joins in the rioting
- Rifles
- Pilfers
- Steals from an abandoned store
More clues leading to the result NIPS
- Small shots of booze
- Bites
- Pinches
- Sips at the brandy
- Snorts
- Wins, barely
- Attacks, puppy-style
- Tiny drinks
- Hooch hits
- Just beats
More clues leading to the result SNARFS
- Wolfs (down)
- Gobbles greedily
- Inhales at mealtime
- Gobbles up
- Eats up
- Gobbles
- Gobbles (down)
- Puts away quickly, in a way
- Pilfers
- Eats greedily, in slang