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He wrote a letter to the American Medical Association, proclaiming that “some unconscionable scientific pilferer is trying to steal my entire life.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

The police arrived quickly and the posh pilferer had already disappeared, another indication that he knew what he was after, Rouches said.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2011

Acting as combined prosecutor, jury & judge, Judge T. Webber Wilson denounced the pilferer as "a Judas and Benedict Arnold to your country," found him guilty, sentenced him to pay a $200 fine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Erving is the second leading pilferer in the A.B.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without the pen, Philippe le Roi would leave behind him a name less known than that of Philippe the eating-house keeper of the Rue Montorgueil, or of Philippe the famous pilferer and juggler.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett