What is "pilferage"

Usage examples of "pilferage".

I knew there was pilferage and outright robbery, and I knew your cargoes are trans-shipped over the local transportation system.

The cook was quite upset to find them drunk, and even more distressed to discover that the pilferage had been going on for some time.

He seemed to delight in pilferage, and if she watched him with steely eye, he found quite easily a dozen confederates willing to sack her kitchen in exchange for a single story.

And the old storyteller, laughing, would flee with the boy to some secluded place where they would feast on the fruits of their pilferage and the old man, tasting frequently from a flagon of stolen wine or beer, would regale his student with stories out of the dim past.

The fresh meat would be a welcome change from the preserved and salted meat in the Imperial warehouses-having it so far from camp, while it increased the chances of pilferage, ensured that the cooks would do as he had ordered, and plan meals that alternated fresh meat with preserved.

Parsynan only for the sake of the jewels and other pilferage, or what other thing might a forewarning have advised Parsynan to do?

People shied from it and stared for more than fear of pilferage, and doubtless whispered after they had passed.

The original inhabitants accused the newcomers of pilferage and conversion.

Being Konstantin and human, he stood waiting, while advancing dawn picked out the lines of burdened workers, while humans from the other domes began to stir out of sleep to discover the systematic pilferage of stores and equipment, while his staff stood by watching it happen.

Additionally, the sky-car must be protected against every manner of damage, nuisance and misfortune, including pilferage, destruction, curiosity, tampering, vandalism, defilement, removal or concealment.

These are behind locked gates made of heavy chickenwire, to discourage pilferage.

In the uncertain illumination, Gregg couldn't spot the armed guard who he was sure accompanied the group to prevent pilferage and malingering.

Just last night at the Port Authority Bus Terminal where I hike to hang out when I'm in New York, I ran into Vernon Kliegl and Mary Kliegl, the husband and wife midgets who became legends in the late fifties for department store pilferage.

He took care of white-collar crimes, such as embezzlement, pilferage, fraud, and the like, having jurisdiction over the twelve hundred men and women on the island who were company employees and performed the mundane tasks that kept the operation going.