pilfer
pil fer
- v make off with belongings of others
- It's also possible, for example, to pilfer confidential data from secure networks by mounting Trojan e-mail attacks.
- On one occasion, the four swam across a river to pilfer a bag of coal tar from a government construction site to repair their (illegal) fishing boat.
- They will pilfer its effects and, by next summer, produce a domesticated, more palatable version.