verb
- steals things of small value, especially in small amounts over time
Examples
- The employee pilfers office supplies from the storage room.
- She pilfers cookies from the jar when no one is looking.
- The cashier pilfers small amounts of money from the register.
- He pilfers pencils and pens from his coworkers’ desks.
- The student pilfers answers by looking at other papers during tests.
- Someone pilfers newspapers from the neighbor’s porch every morning.