Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PILFERAGE
pilferage
(noun) the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pilferage (countable and uncountable, plural pilferages)
The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft.
Source: Wiktionary
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