have pilfered
- present perfect of pilfer.
Example Sentences
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Mike figured an animal must have pilfered them, so he set up an infrared motion-detecting camera and scattered a few golf balls as bait.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
The document Goynes and Russo have pilfered contains plans for a catalytic converter, an innovation that will enable cars to emit less pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
For one thing, powerful accounts likely had valuable information sitting in their direct messages, which the hackers may have pilfered for future reference.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2020
According to a senior U.S. defense official, the Iranians could have pilfered some personal information from the captives.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2016
But I forbear the further threading of proverbs, lest I seem to have pilfered my friend Erasmus' adages.
From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John
