"pilferage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪlf(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Forms: pilferages [plural]
Etymology: pilfer + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pilfer|age}} pilfer + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pilferage (countable and uncountable, plural pilferages)
  1. The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft. Wikipedia link: pilferage Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (theft): дребна кражба (drebna kražba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kruimeldiefstal [masculine] (Dutch), näpistely (Finnish), chapardage (French), pengetekan (Malay), kecopetan (Malay), разворовывание (razvorovyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), potkradanje (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-pilferage-en-noun-WIrefxiy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age

Inflected forms

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