Musk was recalling events leading up to a 2008 lawsuit in which Tesla accused Fisker of pilfering its hybrid technology to build the Fisker Karma.

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Recently the production of daily meals served at anganwadi centres was taken out of the hands of pilfering contractors and given to groups of local women.

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As for the clothes he sent down the runway, there were many complaints about the fit, the season-inappropriate choice of fabrics, the pilfering from other designers, and the lack of any new ideas or perspective on fashion.

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But it too is something of a fiscal fudge, pilfering money from clean-ups of leaking fuel, tariffs and other improbable sources, without completely compensating for the shortfall in the highway fund.

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By his own admission, Mr Weis, the founder and chief executive, began pilfering client money in the 1990s to fill gaps and shortfalls in the daily delivery of cash.

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