pilfer

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t a practice pilfered from a previous coach.

From Seattle Times

The fugitive financer is accused of masterminding a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions from the Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MDB.

From Seattle Times

A close examination of the work produced by CNET’s AI makes it seem less like a sophisticated text generator and more like an automated plagiarism machine, casually pumping out pilfered work.

From Los Angeles Times

Everybody pilfers their elders' closets at some point; why shouldn't Netflix raid Fox's?

From Salon

Somoza, whose family had led the Central American nation for 43 years, was accused of crushing dissent and pilfering its money.

From Washington Post