pilferage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

pilferages plural

词源

Etymology tree
English pilfer
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English pilferage
From pilfer + -age.
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