Meanings of pilfer from in English

He was a poet, he didn't need to pilfer from others' correspondence.

Certain guests had a tendency to pilfer from the Pine Cone's refrigerator.

Did he pilfer from remote farm fields or cultivate his own small plot?

You pilfer from courtesans in Renaissance Italy.

Will you pilfer from the dead?

But the visitors could not resist the temptation to pilfer from the goods exposed to dry in the sun.

Her greediness in money matters had certainly not diminished since the day she began to pilfer from her parents.

But, I'll do the best I can with it, even if I am compelled to pilfer from the pages of the book.

If you're going to be immature, annoying, and try to pilfer from Black culture for profit, at least be really good at it.

Being an honest printer myself, I have little charity for those banditti of my profession who pilfer from every body they find on the road.

He would show black men that to hate the whites, constantly to suspect, constantly to pilfer from them, only riveted heavier shackles on their limbs.

They dress pretty much like us, wearing armour pilfered from Roman corpses.

He stopped beside a small sphinx he'd pilfered from Egypt to adorn his garden.

He took to pilfering from his master, who, in return, used to beat him.

I pulled out the flashlight I'd pilfered from Dad, and put in fresh batteries.

I reached into my purse and waggled the muffin I'd pilfered from the breakfast buffet.