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Thievery

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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;"

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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