Thievery

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of theft, the act of stealing. countable, uncountable

    "This instance of thievery will not be overlooked."

  2. 2
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is stolen. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;"

Synonyms

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larcenyabstractionannexationappropriationboostingconversion

Example

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"The people, fed up with the politicians' lies, thievery and deceit, kicked 'em into a bottomless pit. The pit became almost full."

Etymology

From thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).

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