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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PELF , a See also:

TERM

term now chiefly used of See also:

MONEY

money and always in a derogatory sense . The word originally meant See also:

PLUNDER

plunder, pillage (O . Fr. pelfre, probably from See also:

LAT

Lat. pilare, to deprive of See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, pilus), and this significance is still kept in the related word " pilfer," to make See also:

PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty thefts .

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