pilfer
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But when Uncle Murray refuses to pay up, and Marty has to pilfer the money for his trip, the road to global eminence takes some sharp turns.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
Now she should pilfer another, helping middle-class families in California and other high-tax states.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024
Meta said it would be sharing tips with potential victims on how they can avoid being “re-compromised” by learning how to better spot problematic apps that pilfer credentials, whether for Facebook or other accounts.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 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
He did not meanly crib and pilfer in the territories of the ancients: he rather pillaged, or, in our American phrase, "annexed" them.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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