pilfered

Meaning

of Pilfer

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lifted poached pocketed embezzled palmed fleeced copped

Anagrams

prefield

Examples

He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and is always pilfered when dead. Benjamin Disraeli

Former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva, is alleged to have pilfered N6.5 billion from the state treasury whilst he was in office. Source: Internet

Ever since Belize Telemedia Limited was taken by force by the Barrow Administration in 2009, the company has been slowly pilfered away by the politically connected. Source: Internet

Gold replica of US space module pinched from Ohio museumA gold replica of a lunar landing module gifted to US astronaut Neil Armstrong by French jewelers has been pilfered from an Ohio museum, with security footage offering little help to police. Source: Internet

Do you remember the golfer whose ball was pilfered? Source: Internet

Owner Allen Register says eggs were also pilfered from about 150 of the 600 or so alligator nests he was permitted to collect from around the lake that year. Source: Internet