thiefness

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English

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Etymology

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From thief +‎ -ness.

Noun

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thiefness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or conduct of a thief; thievery
    • 1987, Mary Ruefle, Life without speaking - Page 79:
      He's high on something he's scrounged, this or that scrap makes him feel clean, clear of his former details: his feeling of thiefness disappears making a little promise it won't happen again in exchange for the core it took to get this innerness [...]
    • 2014, Aston Cooke, Country Duppy & Jonkanoo Jamboree:
      Yuh mad or what? Don't involve me into thiefness.

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