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PILFERAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilferage mean?
• PILFERAGE (noun)
The noun PILFERAGE has 1 sense:
1. the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
Familiarity information: PILFERAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of stealing small amounts or small articles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pilferage" is a kind of...):
larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)
Derivation:
pilfer (make off with belongings of others)
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