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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

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

Still, they ignited conspiracy theories that caused people to pilfer the county-issued pens — and prompted officials to switch out the brand for the general election.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 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

Withal, thoroughly good-natured and obliging, and perfectly honest, except where food and drink are concerned, which he pilfers like a monkey. 

From Letters from the Cape by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon

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

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

This time, they burst through the double doors and pilfered snacks, leaving a trail of candy and corn nuts behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

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

A former United States Postal Service supervisor from Compton has admitted to being a serial mail thief, pilfering more than $300,000 worth of checks, gold and collectible currency while on the job, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025

Between meals, if his mother did not stand guard, he was constantly pilfering at the wretched store of food on the shelf.

From "1984" by George Orwell