pilfering

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Pilfering puss Theo became known for thieving Christmas decorations and toys in Ipswich, which owner Rachael Drouet would then try to return.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2019

The Metro also has a playful headline, saying: "Pilfering plod is driving one nuts."

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2013

Pilfering not only did not increase, but the clerks sold more because they knew exactly what was in stock.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pilfering is rife; Alliance soldiers and local aid workers divert much of the food, medicine and blankets to their families or to bazaars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pilfering was suppressed, and the revolts of the malcontents—the Gauthiers of Normandy, the Croquants and Tard-avis�s of P�rigord The achievements of Henry IV. and Limousin—were quelled, adroitly at first, and later with a sterner hand.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various