Definition of "pilfered" [pilfered]

• Simple past tense and past participle of pilfer. (verb)

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• "What I like to do is use nouns pilfered from a seemingly non-poetic source text -- this can be People Magazine (fabulous contemporary noun mall) or an internet article on hydroponics -- to explore a dream."
• "The DVD even came with a few of those nifty 3-D glasses, which looked like they'd been pilfered from a batch of cereal boxes."
• "It's actually quite well done and worth the look, and considering how much these douchebags have pilfered from the public in the last ... well, for ever, it's the least they could give back to Joe Sixpack."