pilfer

Example Sentences

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Now she should pilfer another, helping middle-class families in California and other high-tax states.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

The reason is that if hackers pilfer your password from one service, they can try it on your other accounts and easily get into all of them.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

A tuba is also much harder for a thief to pilfer than, say, a piccolo, or even a trumpet.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

There's never a need to pilfer through your cabinets, to be knocked over in a cascade of plastic storage containers à la those decades old infomercials, or to haphazardly use a cumbersome espresso maker.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022

Think for a moment, my dear colonel, how many of your dearly-beloved friends are there who, for but a small gratification, would pilfer from you those things that you value most highly!

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)