Synonyms of pilfered

pilfered

verb

past tense of pilfer

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

what sort of person would pilfer lunches from the office refrigerator?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• filched
• purloined
• grabbed
• lifted
• appropriated
• snatched
• robbed
• misappropriated
• pocketed
• nicked
• pinched
• thieved
• ripped off
• snitched
• hooked
• nipped
• heisted
• hijacked
• plundered
• made away with
• made off with
• looted
• boosted
• picked
• ran off with
• seized
• took
• walked off with
• pillaged
• sacked
• burglarized
• knocked over
• rifled
• poached
• kidnapped
• rustled
• grasped
• shoplifted
• abducted
• nailed
• collared
• spirited
• carjacked
• sponged
• mooched
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pilfered

These decisions ultimately negatively impacted the taxpayers, pilfered away tax dollars, and added to existing cost-of-living issues, whether in small amounts (Daytona Beach Ford 250 pickup trucks) or large ones (Gainesville GRU). — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Brentford have pilfered their talented midfield linchpin Mamadou Sangare, while Crystal Palace prised away former manager Pierre Sage. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

In the 10th minute, Neil El Aynaoui pilfered the ball from Ryan Christie, then nearly capitalized on the ensuing counterattack, finding free space in front of an open net but overrunning Azzedine Ounahi’s cross. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 June 2026

What is that if not a direct license to keep even more public money pilfered via nonpayment, and a marker that the president and his inner circle are above the law? — New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026

The music joins the casting and a too-scary third act as the only elements of this movie that don’t fully embrace its bar-lowering lack of ambition — the only elements that don’t feel pilfered from pre-existing classics. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 May 2026

Tyler Cordeiro first pilfered Jannotta’s prescription pills as a teenager. — Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

Many of the things that happen in this film have happened for real, and they’re pilfered from actual F1 events. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026

As when just standing in the Mingus Quick Stop parking lot and squinting down the street at lifting dust while overhearing from within the most mysterious conversation about missing Little Debbie Honey Buns—not stolen, gradually pilfered, but just missing. — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025