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But when Uncle Murray refuses to pay up, and Marty has to pilfer the money for his trip, the road to global eminence takes some sharp turns.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025

There, detectives watched a four-person crew suspected in the thefts pilfer more Scratchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

The company says it’s beefing up security protocols to make it harder for hackers to use stolen credentials or access tools to pilfer data.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Still, they ignited conspiracy theories that caused people to pilfer the county-issued pens — and prompted officials to switch out the brand for the general election.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

I head toward the kitchen to see what I can pilfer before dinner.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Website publishers, particularly media outlets, say that AI pilfers their content without compensation to feed its models.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Locals in the town of Munnar, near Padayappa's habitat, call him a "gentle giant" who has never hurt anyone, even though he occasionally pilfers food from their homes and farms at night.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023

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

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023

Josh Intrator, 25, who does layout for a financial magazine and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, pilfers toilet paper from bars and restaurants.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010

It is recognised that the "great employer," nine times out of ten, is no more than the schoolboy or the page who pilfers tarts and sweets from the dishes as they go up and down.

From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Setup: After Woody gets pilfered by a toy dealer, he discovers he’s part of a rare vintage set that includes Jessie and a horse named Bullseye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

At times, when throws were pilfered or just launched over the back with no jumper and seemingly no communication, it was an unholy mess.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Instead of using the financing for the benefit of the company, James “secretly pilfered some of the company’s assets to fund his and his family’s lavish lifestyle,” the complaint alleges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

The heavy and double-walled steel structure of the machine is also less likely to be pilfered from than stores with ammunition sitting on an open shelf.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2024

If I’m wondering who pilfered the petty cash, it’s more reassuring to hear Not Jones; he’s an honest man than Not Jones; he’s a very honest man.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

What’s more, China has a history of pilfering technology to get ahead: In 2025, one in five European companies in China said that Chinese firms had stolen technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Yes, using the DOJ’s website, users are pilfering software and documents from the Epstein files.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

He probably feels more awful about his after-hours pilfering than you do.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025

Slowly, painfully, he realizes they are miserable not because of one another but because they are poor, a hardship he has been quietly worsening by pilfering their stores.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

We both ended up acing the test, but that episode kind of took the excitement out of climbing and pilfering tests and pretty much everything else.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx