Word: pilferage
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pil
fer
age
Definition: The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft.
Morphemes:
Affix: pilfer
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pelfre
Language: fro
Decoded: pelfre
Meaning: plunder, booty, spoils
Affix: -age
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āticum
Language: la
Decoded: -aticum
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun.