pelf

Definitions


[pɛlf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- money, especially when gained in a dishonest or dishonourable way
(e.g: damnation dog thee and thy wretched pelf!)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘booty, pilfered property’): from a variant of Anglo-Norman French pelfre ‘spoils’ (see pilfer)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries