how to pronounce pilferage

/ˈpɪl.fəɹ.ɪdʒ/

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pilferage is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of pilferage

noun:

The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft.

pilferage frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pilferage occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pilferage can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pilferage can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;