What does Thievery mean?
Definitions for Thievery
ˈθi və rithiev·e·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealingnoun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
"the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Wiktionary
thieverynoun
The act of theft, the act of stealing.
This instance of thievery will not be over looked.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thieverynoun
Etymology: from thieve.
Ne how to scape great punishment and shame,
For their false treason and vile thievery. Edmund Spenser.Master, be one of them; ’tis an honourable kind of thievery. William Shakespeare.
Do villainy, do, since you profess to do’t,
Like workmen; I’ll example you with thievery. William Shakespeare.He makes it a help unto thievery; for thieves having a design upon a house, make a fire at the four corners thereof, and cast therein the fragments of loadstone, which raiseth fume. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours, b. ii.
Amongst the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. South.
Injurious time now, with a robber’s haste,
Crams his rich thiev’ry up he knows not how. William Shakespeare.
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thievery
Thievery is the act of stealing, taking another person's property without their permission or consent with the intention of depriving the rightful owner of it permanently. It is a criminal activity associated with theft.
Webster Dictionary
Thieverynoun
the practice of stealing; theft; thievishness
Thieverynoun
that which is stolen
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Thievery in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Thievery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Thievery in a Sentence
I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.
I am a Christian. My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed, i would not hesitate to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons. Homosexuality is wrong, period.
Everywhere in Egypt, every city or village, has different circumstances. A certain village might have a robbery problem and so the sermon should talk about thievery. Another place might have widespread murder and that is what should be discussed.
He had no right to take that picture down, it’s thievery.
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