If a thief could be here, he might pilfer at ease. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
While Yeden secures the city, we'll pilfer the atium. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
"Otherwise, the night guards pilfer her breakfast tarts.". From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
You that, ere the figs are gathered, pilfer with a privy twitch. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
Such caps are pilfer proof and thus called roll-on pilfer proof. From Wordnik.com. [3 Packaging materials] Reference
The raider had returned to pilfer the stores. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
An Italian will pilfer or steal, cheat or defraud you, in any way he can. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828] Reference
The hacker then uses these credentials to log into and pilfer a company's database. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Firewall] Reference
If hate was the force behind the man's death, why stoop to pilfer from him afterwards?. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
Doing so would mean propping up Mugabe and extending his license to pilfer and plunder. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Who in the McCain campaign decides to pilfer one of his songs and use it at their rally?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2008] Reference
You should really attribute the material you pilfer so as to not appear as a plagiarist. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Camp To McCain: Thank You For Highlighting My Leadership On Nukes] Reference
America needs a party that will neither issue a moral agenda nor pilfer taxpayer dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Where Should the Republican Party Go From Here?] Reference
We will be like Stakeholders who only have an interest in what they can pilfer from Congo. From Wordnik.com. [Georgianne Nienaber: Ambassador Verveer on Congo's Rape Crisis: Unspeakable Brutality and Highly Emotional Encounters] Reference
While one partner distracts an eagle in her nest, the other will pilfer her young or an egg. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Reese Halter: Clever Ravens -- Winged Masters of Deception] Reference
But who would feel any disposition to pilfer the wig of Sir Cloudesley Shovel, or the hat of. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
I'll do the best I can with it, even if I am compelled to pilfer from the pages of the book. From Wordnik.com. [Reveries of a Schoolmaster] Reference
One of their ploys is to sneak Into an exec's room, copy documents and pilfer computer disks. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Barn Door] Reference
Yes, as long as they're in existence, I suppose there is some risk that someone will try to pilfer them. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By President Clinton And Pm Chretien] Reference
Why should a man like this pilfer pewter plate from peasants, steal sorrel soup from servants and bad bread from bakers?. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
This power-grabbing administration will do more than pilfer a few typewriter keys and abscond with WH furniture and silverware. From Wordnik.com. [Reversing Bush's Imposed Legacy in the Next Administration] Reference
For the very same reason disgruntled office workers pilfer paper clips and people pout at family reunions: lack of appreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Earle McLeod: Why Do Men Cheat? Bless Their Lyin' Little Scumbag Hearts] Reference
Because it increases the value of data held in credit bureaus, employees of these organizations are more tempted to pilfer the data. From Wordnik.com. [Stumping a Thief] Reference
She got all we could earn or pilfer, and we got nothing for our backs but a few rags, and unwholesome fish and beer for our bellies. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
The Iranian people have suffered greatly at the hands of western imperialists who only show up periodically to pilfer their resources. From Wordnik.com. [Not One Drop] Reference
We like our Fidelity accounts and the stocks they hold as much as anyone (well, we used to) and we have no desire to pilfer from anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Mendelsohn: Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?] Reference
The Germans transferred the contents to a sack, and, as he said, the temptation to pilfer the sorely-needed foodstuffs must have been great. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
He made use of this stratagem to divert those among them, whom he suspected as inclined to pilfer, and thus cunningly occupied their attention. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
"Scramble" felt greatly abashed over this unexpected kind treatment, and never again had the heart to pilfer peaches from old Doctor Schroeder. From Wordnik.com. [Fun and Frolic] Reference
They were on friendly terms with the white men, who let them come and go at will as long as they were peaceful and did not try to pilfer corn or firearms. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Like the time she got poor Grimmy Weeks drunk, bopped what little brains he had out, then talked him into helping her pilfer the Singing Sword of Holme Prudeald. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
She took care to sip, not gulp, knowing the rum was more exotic and far more potent than the cooking sherry she and Tansy used to pilfer from the seminary kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Unfortunately, my grandpa caught me trying to pilfer a Ginsu knife (cuts through butter as easily as dead bird legs!) and my bird feet transplant plan was quashed. From Wordnik.com. [toastcrumbs Diary Entry] Reference
Connected with the doctor's premises was an extensive peach orchard, and, sad to say, naughty boys would sometimes climb over the orchard wall and pilfer his peaches. From Wordnik.com. [Fun and Frolic] Reference
She had starved with him, when she could not pilfer from him, and had endured patiently all these years what seemed past endurance in expectation of the closing scene. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
He who does not esteem his lord, does not fear him; and he who does not esteem him, does not hold him dear; but rather seeks to cheat him and to pilfer somewhat of his property. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
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