pilferage

Converse of object

• prevent: Our unit attractively displayed 10 boxes of cigarettes in a customized housing unit with a lockable door to prevent pilferage.
• stop: He quotes Colquhoun's plan for a professionally paid police force - a novel idea in those days to stop pilferage.

Modifies a noun

• level: R West agreed to quantify the fall in pilferage levels since these cabinets have been introduced.