stealage

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English

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Etymology

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From steal +‎ -age.

Noun

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stealage (uncountable)

  1. Theft.
    • 1869, Indiana. General Assembly, Brevier Legislative Reports Embracing Short-hand Sketches of the Debates and Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana (volume 11, page 371)
      When you add an opportunity for an indefinite amount of stealage it is not strange that such public plunderers as Meredith and Ghee should occasionally find places on the Prison Board.