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Pilferage

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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

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