pilfer

Example Sentences

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Forcing social media platforms to pay for the news and information they pilfer and monetize seems a quite modest and reasonable step.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The company says it’s beefing up security protocols to make it harder for hackers to use stolen credentials or access tools to pilfer data.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 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

From her waking hours these thoughts trailed into the night to pollute her dreams and, not infrequently, pilfer her sleep away.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett