pilferage

pilferage
pilferage (n.) 1620s, from PILFER (Cf. pilfer) + -AGE (Cf. -age).

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  • pilferage — noun A recurrent theft of small items of little value. Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages …   Wiktionary

  • pilferage — pilfer ► VERB ▪ steal (things of little value). DERIVATIVES pilferage noun. ORIGIN Old French pelfrer to pillage …   English terms dictionary

  • pilferage — noun see pilfer …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pilferage — /pil feuhr ij/, n. 1. the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft. 2. something that is pilfered. [1620 30; PILFER + AGE] * * * …   Universalium

  • pilferage — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The crime of taking someone else s property without consent: larceny, steal, theft, thievery. Slang: rip off. See CRIMES …   English dictionary for students

  • pilferage — pil·fer·age || pɪlÉ™rɪdÊ’ n. theft, act of stealing; act of dragging, act of pulling …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pilferage — pil·fer·age …   English syllables

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