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What (who) is pilferage$60882$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pilfer; Pilfering; Pilferage (disambiguation)
pilfer
(pilfers, pilfering, pilfered)
If someone pilfers, they steal things, usually small cheap things.
Staff were pilfering behind the bar...
When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market.
VERB: V, V n
• pilfering
Precautions had to be taken to prevent pilfering.
N-UNCOUNT
Pilfering
·noun Petty theft.
II. Pilfering ·adj Thieving in a small way.
III. Pilfering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Pilfer.
pilfer
v. (D; tr.) to pilfer from
Wikipedia
Pilferage
Pilferage or pilfering is the act of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, also called petty theft.
Pilferage may also refer to:
- Package pilferage, the theft of part of the contents of a package
- Pilferage (animal behavior), when one animal takes food from another animal's larder
