pilfers
- present tense form of pilfer (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Website publishers, particularly media outlets, say that AI pilfers their content without compensation to feed its models.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Locals in the town of Munnar, near Padayappa's habitat, call him a "gentle giant" who has never hurt anyone, even though he occasionally pilfers food from their homes and farms at night.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023
Everybody pilfers their elders' closets at some point; why shouldn't Netflix raid Fox's?
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
Josh Intrator, 25, who does layout for a financial magazine and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, pilfers toilet paper from bars and restaurants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010
He had kept it hidden--she had not known where--he had taken some of it himself--pilfered some of it like a boy pilfers sugar--he had died of it.
From Absolution by Viebig, Clara
