Pilfer (Verb)
Meaning
Make off with belongings of others.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The thief managed to pilfer several valuable items from the store before anyone noticed.
- Over the course of several months, the new employee was found to have pilfered funds from the company.
- He would pilfer food from the cafeteria whenever he thought no one was watching.
- Some employees were fired for trying to pilfer confidential documents from the office.
- The artist accused her former partner of pilfering her designs and selling them as their own.