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pilfering

[法] 偷窃行为

Pilfer \Pil"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilfered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pilfering}.] [OF. pelfrer. See {Pelf}.]
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to
practice petty theft.

Pilfering \Pil"fer*ing\, a.
Thieving in a small way. --Shak. -- n. Petty theft. --
{Pil"fer*ing*ly}, adv.

However, the decision seemed to arise from increased pilfering at state-owned works.
Peasants were executed for no crime at all _ for pilfering a few pieces of grain because they were on the verge of starvation.
Such pilfering is one key factor contributing to the nation's current food shortage.
Gorbachev responded by replacing the moderate interior minister with a KGB general and ordered a crackdown on the pilfering and profiteering that have exacerbated food shortages and the collapse of the state distribution system.
Seven are charged with pilfering $60,000 in bingo hall profits during the takeover, while seven are charged with conspiring to burn down the hall in 1988.
'We have been the victims of plundering and pilfering,' said Mr Morris.
A Wesleyan classics professor bought the mummy in Athens in the 1880s, at a time when pilfering Egyptian tombs was popular.
Deliveries of most food products are running from 15 to 44 percent below 1989 levels, according to figures released this week by the Council of Ministers, which blamed much of the drop on pilfering and profiteering.
The heirs of an American soldier accused of pilfering medieval art treasures from a German church during World War II have given the trove to a Dallas museum for safekeeping while their ownership is settled.

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