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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pilfer .
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Examples
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In Kifowit's 'defense' It is just status quo for how the city council pilfers and waste mine and yours tax dollars.
Spending Addicts on Aurora City Council Resist Lawrence-Weisner Crackdown on Ward Slush Funds 2009
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We don't have cats, but our guinea pigs are equally oblivious and Zip is grateful, since there are plenty of little guinea pig vittles Zip pilfers.
a little nosh 2009
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First Mark moves beyond — or pilfers the intellectual property of — three upperclassmen who'd approached him for help on a website they called Harvard Connection.
'Social Network': Password Is Perfection Joe Morgenstern 2010
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Not content to hit George Lucas up once, DunyayiKurturan Adamalso pilfers the themes to Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as BattlestarGalactica.
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s Our Traditional Turkey Dish. « Screaming Blue Reviews 2009
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But when she pilfers it, she discovers that its power comes with a price: the mirror is a gateway to obsession and madness...and it will take every trick in her arsenal just to survive.
New Releases: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy & YA for the week of March 1, 2010 Donna 2010
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"It is a sad day when a student at one of our nation's learning institutions pilfers great cultural and historical resources, rather than respects and learns from them," said Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New J.rsey, in a statement.
Student Charged in Theft of Historic Documents Joel Stonington 2010
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"It is a sad day when a student at one of our nation's learning institutions pilfers great cultural and historical resources, rather than respects and learns from them," said Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New J.rsey, in a statement.
Student Charged in Theft of Historic Documents Joel Stonington 2010
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"It is a sad day when a student at one of our nation's learning institutions pilfers great cultural and historical resources, rather than respects and learns from them," said Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New J.rsey, in a statement.
Student Charged in Theft of Historic Documents Joel Stonington 2010
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Oh, and Eric (or Ephron) pilfers a popular Douglas Adams quote ( "I love deadlines; I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by") -- but I couldn't tell if he murmured a credit to the late author or not, as the oldsters in my auditorium exploded into one of their many loud communal cackles.
Gregory Weinkauf: She's Gotta Cook It: Julie & Julia Gets Rich 2009
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Though it pilfers extremely liberally from "2001: A Space Odyssey," Duncan Jones' flick still delivers a solid sci-fi allegory for our troubled times, and Sam Rockwell, who appears in just about every frame of this all by himself, is just sensational.
Mid-year report card: The 10 best movies of 2009 - so far Reel Fanatic 2009
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