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Harvey initially came under investigation in early 2024 and authorities charge that he continued to pilfer shoes even after he knew that police were onto him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

A tuba is also much harder for a thief to pilfer than, say, a piccolo, or even a trumpet.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

There's never a need to pilfer through your cabinets, to be knocked over in a cascade of plastic storage containers à la those decades old infomercials, or to haphazardly use a cumbersome espresso maker.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022

Did he send a staffer to pilfer them from the school library?

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 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

Affleck knows how to steal scenes, and he pilfers a few, but he’s a very good and generous director of actors.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

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

And here’s the worst part: If a company ultimately pilfers inventions or trade secrets or anything else from users, it will already be too late.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2012

I'm a poor singing gentleman, Sirs, it is true, Though cockneys do often mistake me for you; But I keep Mrs. Blackbird, and four little eggs, And neither e'er pilfers, or borrows, or begs.

From The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

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

It is believed Gordon Stewart Wimbush pilfered the plate while he was studying at Gonville & Caius College, which he joined in 1908.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

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 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

Filled the hog trough and walked through the pickers’ cabins to see that they hadn’t relieved themselves in pilfered canning jars.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

From pilfering chips to swallowing whole starfish, gulls are known for their voracious appetites.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

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