3 definitions
for thievery
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
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Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally
good and honest. --South.
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2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
thievery
n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: larceny,
theft, thieving, stealing]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "thievery":
abstraction, annexation, appropriation, boosting, conversion,
conveyance, embezzlement, filching, fraud, graft, larceny,
liberation, lift, lifting, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching,
poaching, purloining, scrounging, shoplifting, snatching,
sneak thievery, snitching, steal, stealage, stealing, swindle,
swiping, theft, thieving, touch