1. pilfering - Noun
2. pilfering - Adjective
3. pilfering - Verb
Petty theft.
of Pilfer
Thieving in a small way.
Source: Webster's dictionarySpending when the math's not there and the numbers aren't there and if they look in the social security trust fund, it's filled with IOUs because the government's been pilfering it for years on end. We have to do something. We have to start having this discussion. Ben Quayle
He who conveys a ring, a horse, a hat, And things like these, shows some discrimination; Mere petty pilfering a the name for that. But him who steals another's reputation, And on the fruits of others' toil grows fat, Hail thief and murderer by acclamation. Francesco Berni
Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering. Jeannette Walls
In the long, nonillustrious history of white people pilfering African American culture, have I just perpetrated that? I'm motivated by a love for the music and by a love of the performances, and I really hope I haven't done anything bad. Moby
Spike was actually breaking into her house and pilfering her effects to create a creepy shrine to The Slayer in the subterranean parts of his crypt. Source: Internet
Another reveals Polyphemus (aka Cyclops) as a kindly farmer who discovers a ragtag group of soldiers pilfering his property. Source: Internet