(v. i.) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
(v. t.) To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.
Example Sentences:
(1) I first had stuffed vine leaves at my grandad's guesthouse in Southend, and deeply regret not pilfering his recipe before he passed away.
(2) Bavarian public gardens are regularly pilfered for their hydrangea flowers.
(3) Harry Kane’s third goal in four caps was crisply pilfered 10 minutes into his cameo.
(4) BITS AND BOBS A Colombian teacher has been accused of pilfering stickers from pupils to complete his own Panini World Cup album.
(5) Among the things she pilfered were a pair of white trainers belonging to Kelly.
(6) Once on a system, it would detect when a user was visiting a banking website, create fake login sections of that site and then pilfer banking logins.
(7) Gyles commission into productivity in the building industry in New South Wales In 1992 Roger Gyles QC described illegal activities in the NSW building industry, ranging from physical violence and a threat of physical violence at one end to petty pilfering of building materials at the other.
(8) Habré escaped, eventually to Senegal , with some $12m pilfered from national bank accounts, which he reportedly put towards the purchase of two mansions and, it is widely believed, enough Senegalese newspaper editors, police officials, religious leaders and politicians to keep the heat off for years to come.
(9) The significant weapons stockpiles, largely unguarded and unwatched, from which arms could easily be pilfered, provide the temptations of war for anyone who may see Gaddafi's overthrow as an opportunity to advance their agendas in non-democratic ways.
(10) The equaliser was pilfered on the break, Adebayor sending Roberto Soldado scurrying down the left, where he collected and conjured a glorious centre, which arced into the six-yard box for the Togolese to exploit space between Jos Hooiveld and Fox and volley home.
(11) There were "small incidents" with Roma accused of pilfering firewood or vegetables and other petty crime, but only 12 "petty larcenies" were reported to police during the first four months of 2011.
(12) Paglia accuses Gaga of stealing from Madonna, but Madge pilfered sounds and imagery from everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Daft Punk .
(13) Last week's episode of Midsomer Murders featured a grasping son and daughter pilfering money from their mother and bumping off their stepfather to disguise the crime.
(14) But there are also distinctions in the lower classes: the tension between the country servants, who feel part of a centuries-old tradition of duty, and the town servants, who see the ruling class as opponents to outwit in small victories of pilfering.
(15) Belgian monks hide their altarpieces, a swastika flag flutters in front of the Eiffel Tower, and Adolf Hitler is pilfering art from all over Europe to build a collection for his planned Führermuseum .
(16) A couple of weeks ago they were on the receiving end of an injustice here when Tottenham Hotspur pilfered a late winner.
(17) "Luxembourg is like the club member who enjoys all the benefits of membership while quietly pilfering from the kitty" Richard Brooks “It might be an underhand way to run a tax system, but it serves Luxembourg well.
(18) The granaries were pilfered with no account of why the stores were empty.
(19) It's ubiquitous at our tables, with dishes pilfered from all corners of the world – from creamy risottos to perfumed pilafs and paellas, sushi rolls and kedgeree – not to mention all manner of polystyrene-like crackers, cereals and "cakes".
(20) They allege that his holdings, including a luxurious seven-storey townhouse on one of Paris's most expensive streets and several dozen others apartments, must have been amassed by pilfering Syrian public funds and abusing power.
Theft
Definition:
(n.) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
(n.) The thing stolen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cruddas, who has several BNP councillors in his Barking constituency, told MPs in the House of Commons: "What's been uncovered in the internal workings of the BNP appears to be systematic illegality in terms of data protection, bugging, money laundering, theft and the operation of the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000."
(2) In this investigation, reanalysis of responses to case vignettes obtained from 436 psychologists, psychiatrists, and internists revealed that on the issue of confidentiality management, these health care providers discriminate among cases involving: Premeditated harm to others, socially irresponsible acts with possible dire consequences to self or others, and minor theft.
(3) Although she's been performing since 2000 – in the punk-cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls , in a controversial conjoined-twin mime act called Evelyn Evelyn (they wear a specially constructed two-person dress and have been castigated by disability groups for presenting conjoined twins as circus freaks, an accusation she denies) – in her new band, Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra , she's suddenly become a kind of phenomenon.
(4) Though the exercises have given the US a chance to vent its frustration at what appears to be state-sponsored espionage and theft on an industrial scale, China has been belligerent.
(5) The ICE's Khaalid Walls confirmed the incident took place, and AMC responded with a statement: "Movie theft is something we take very seriously, and our theatre managers contact the Motion Picture Association of America any time it's suspected that someone may be illegally recording content on screen.
(6) That level of thefts is just not acceptable – logging each missing phone takes up a lot of police time."
(7) Postaddiction crime rates among narcotic (principally heroin) addicts in five different areas (theft, violence, dealing, confidence games, and other crime) were found to be substantially related to a number of preaddiction characteristics, especially criminal activity and drug and alcohol use prior to addiction to narcotics.
(8) This dramatic fall has been repeated across nearly every category of crime, including the big "volume" crimes such as burglary and car break-ins and thefts where better security and alarms have brought about even deeper falls in the crime levels.
(9) Banda, who has turned to lecturing abroad since she lost power, told an audience in the Netherlands this month that when she was alerted by an EU official about the theft, she knew she had no choice but to start fighting against corruption.
(10) Grand Theft Auto series Mostly about running around the streets with a big gun causing all kinds of chaos.
(11) And that being the case, should they be remanded in custody over the possession of an Oyster card not registered to them and the theft of a mirror?
(12) There has been a spate of thefts of rhino horns and elephant tusks from European museums, zoos and auction houses in recent years, amid a rising illegal trade in poached or stolen ivory .
(13) The new ban will mean that an offender who receives a simple caution for a shoplifting offence should not get another simple caution for further theft-related offences within the next two years.
(14) Power theft in Karachi and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas alone is believed to cost the state £138m in lost revenues .
(15) Car theft led to a third sentence, and it was during that time that he was to meet Bruce Reynolds , the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery.
(16) John Madelin, CEO at RelianceACSN and a former vice president responsible for the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, said: “We thought the previous breach of 500 million user accounts was huge, but 1 billion is monumental.” Tyler Moffitt, senior threat research analyst at Webroot, said: “All of the data stolen, including emails, passwords and security questions, make a potent package for identify theft.
(17) The Liberal Democrats' biggest donor, who has been on the run for three years after being convicted of a multimillion pound theft, is hiding in the Dominican Republic under a false British identity, the Guardian can disclose.
(18) Too many still write down pin numbers, contrary to all the advice from the banks, and are thereby at risk of theft.
(19) And of course, if the software that infects your machine is malicious, there's the serious risk of identity theft.
(20) Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation , gave a wide-ranging address to US media regulators that attacked internet news aggregation as "theft" and claimed that advertising-only business models were dead.