Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or practice of thieving.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or practice of stealing; theft.
- n. That which is stolen.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of theft, the act of stealing.
- n. obsolete That which is stolen.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
- n. obsolete That which is stolen.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Etymologies
- From thieve + -ery (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Every writer assumes that this thievery is justified, just as every tax department steals for the public good.”
“But wheel-thievery is almost big business; Most of the Mexico City thievery comes under the headings of light fingers and anything movable.”
The Lightest-Fingered Crooks in the World « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
“Much of the thievery is being carried out by beach vendors who wait for beach goers to go swimming.”
“The positive (up) side of warning tourists about thievery is to cut down on the action.”
“Among the highlights of Halliburton's thievery from the NYT:”
“The commenter was anonymous and posted the idea openly, so the name thievery should not be a problem for Estrin.”
“Republicans stole the election, and your ‘pandering’ to their thievery is just more ‘wishcraft’ of republicans who want to believe they’re popular in the face of all evidence to the contrary.”
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“What's even more ironic is that chances are the victim of this thievery is an elderly conservative who stays home, watches FOX News, listens to Rush, and rails against the "lib'ruls" who want to regulate free enterprise to death, as opposed to those elderly liberals who have a hearty distrust of big corporations.”
“On the other hand, they are facing outright thievery, which is going through the roof, increasing along with gas prices.”
“Tim Groninger makes a classic error when he writes, “word thievery … has become especially acute,” suggesting that the problem has reached pandemic proportions.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thievery’.
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Favorite Words of AWP13
We asked attendees who visited the Wordnik booth what their favorite words were, and these are what they told us. (AWP is an annual conference for writers and those in the writing world.)
cling, declivity, susurrus, caramel, cataract, please, fester, reverie, kerplunk!, defenestration, colonel, ocean and 174 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Fantasies and Fairytales
unicorn, mermaid, achilles, mist, wizard, myth, thievery, mystical, quest, journey, castle, hovel and 37 more...
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rayyy's words
eclipse, aurora, aria, volition, whimsical, violet, irascible, raspberry, chocolate, chiasmus, jejune, bamboozle and 11 more...
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