thievery
English
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”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
thievery (plural thieveries)
- The act of theft, the act of stealing.
- This instance of thievery will not be overlooked.
- (obsolete) That which is stolen.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, IV. iv. 42:
- Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, IV. iv. 42: