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There, detectives watched a four-person crew suspected in the thefts pilfer more Scratchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

The reason is that if hackers pilfer your password from one service, they can try it on your other accounts and easily get into all of them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 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

Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said the scheme to pilfer the fund, known as 1MDB, was “massive in its scale” and “brazen in its execution.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 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

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

Homeland Security agents would “aggressively target anyone who pilfers the priceless cultural treasures of a nation,” according to the statement.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

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

Disappointing earnings reports triggered a selloff in tech and AI shares, while Binance reported hackers pilfered $6.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The nine-carat, pear-shaped gemstone known as the "Grand Condé" was pilfered in an overnight raid on the Château de Chantilly in October 1926 and concealed in a hollowed-out apple.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Historically, authorities have clawed back pilfered funds about 75% of the time when scams were reported within 72 hours, said the FBI’s Lynch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

If I’m wondering who pilfered the petty cash, it’s more reassuring to hear Not Jones; he’s an honest man than Not Jones; he’s a very honest man.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The theft prompted the city’s Police Department to warn residents that bronze pilfering was a “growing concern” across Southern California and urge community members to report suspicious activity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

The deck grew over time, with people pilfering index cards from classrooms whenever they wanted to expand it.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater