- present participle of pilfer.
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
The meandering report likens the alleged theft of Sheriff’s Department personnel records to pilfering from a McDonald’s charitable donation box or stealing the recipe for Coca-Cola.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 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
