pilfered

Example Sentences

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After 56 minutes the Murrayfield crowd, still euphoric after Huw Jones' second try, were halfway through a rendition of Flower of Scotland, when Rory Darge pilfered a turnover inside his own 22m.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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 merchants, many of whom are based in L.A., have been locked in a yearslong legal battle with Brink’s over the value of their pilfered goods.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025

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