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pilfered

VERB

steal, embezzle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

filch purloin swipe

STRONG

annex appropriate borrow cop crib liberate lift moonlight palm pinch pluck requisition rob scrounge snare snatch take thieve

WEAK

rip off walk off with

Antonyms

STRONG

free give keep offer receive refuse reject return

Example Sentences

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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

Add in recent cemetery thefts in Nebraska, North Dakota, New Mexico, Washington: Across the nation, American graveyards are being pilfered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Nick Frost pilfered two Lions line-outs as they turned the screw.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 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

My parents never offered them, and the glass doors obviously guarded them, and so I pilfered from that case.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck