pilfer
verb (used with or without object)
to steal, especially in small quantities.
were pilfering
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past progressiveof pilfer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Since civilians were pilfering up to 75% of food shipments, soldiers now guard deliveries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sampson was indignant at finding that these gentry, after denouncing him for years as a quack, were pilfering his system, yet still reviling him.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
