pilfer
verb (used with or without object)
to steal, especially in small quantities.
is pilfering
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present progressiveof pilfer (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I always feel like a criminal,” said Street, who admits that he still feels like he is pilfering a drink he already paid for.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2018
He is pilfering kids and spiriting them to Neverland, where they toil in mines, chipping away for pixum—a glowing fairy treasure, which Blackbeard smokes, through a creepy mask, in a bid for rejuvenation.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015
