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pilferages

pilferages is the plural of pilferage.

Meaning of pilferage

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.
    • Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions.1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130

Questions about pilferages

What is pilferages the plural of?
Pilferages is the plural of pilferage.

Words near pilferages in the dictionary

  1. pilewort
  2. pileworts
  3. pilfer
  4. pilferable
  5. pilferage
  6. pilferages
  7. pilfered
  8. pilferer
  9. pilferers
  10. pilferies
  11. pilfering

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