Question

There appears to be a raccoon visiting our yard at night and pilfering vegetables here and there from the garden.

Based on the context of this sentence, what does pilfering mean?

Attacking by stealth and secrecy
Destroying by mishandling
Disturbing quietly
Stealing a little bit at a time

Answer 1

Based on the context pilfering would bean stealing a little bit at a time since the raccoon was pilfering vegetables here and there.

I hope that helps.