My wife has the strange habit of pilfering wads of toilet paper from public restrooms.
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Pilfering
Synonyms for "pilfering" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
abstractionabuseabuse of officeannexationappropriationbefoulmentboostingconversionconveyancecorrupt administrationdebasementdefalcationdefilementdesecrationdiversionembezzlement
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (25)
Noun(9 words)
employee misappropriationfilchheistingillicit takinginternal theftlarcenieslarcenyloss-associatedmisappropriation
Related words (41)
Noun(15 words)
nickingpetty theftpurloinrisk-relatedsmall-scale theftsnafflingsnatchstealstealing-orientedswipethefttheft-pronetheft-relatedthievingunlawful taking
Related word relations
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More general
9 entriesMore specific
8 entriesemployee pilferingemployee theftinternal theftinventory pilferinglarcenypetty embezzlementpetty theftshoplifting
Collocations
15 entriesemployee pilferinginternal pilferingpetty pilferingpilfering activitypilfering behaviorpilfering incidentpilfering incidentspilfering preventionpilfering riskpilfering schemepilfering spreepilfering-prone areaunnoticed pilferingwidespread pilferingworkplace pilfering
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Eyewitnesses saw protesters storm a nearby hotel, pilfering alcohol from its bar and setting the building on fire.
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He was caught pilfering sweets.
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He was pilfering those verses one by one.
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