pilfering

Example Sentences

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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

Later, as the team fell into arrears on pool rent payments, we learned that Stovall was accused of pilfering funds.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

“There was no other possible conclusion to draw from this. It was what it seemed to be - that the British Museum curator was pilfering his own museum,” says Dr Gradel.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

The first explained to me, “I beg pardon, sir. It weren’t our aim to slap the wrist of any pilfering hand.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson