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thievery
Found in thesaurus: felony
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thievery
n.
action of thieving
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Thievery
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thievery
Noun
1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
(synonym) larceny, theft, thieving, stealing
(hypernym) felony
(hyponym) breach of trust with fraudulent intent
(derivation) hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
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Thievery
(n.)
The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
(n.)
That which is stolen.
That which is stolen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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thievery
Synonyms and related words:
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
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
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