Keep and Pilfer

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Pilfer is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Pilfer verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.

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Keep is an antonym for pilfer in steal topic.

Nearby Words: pilferer, pilfering, pilferage

body	keep body	pilfer body
money	keep money	pilfer money

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