thievery
Etymology

From thieve + -ery.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/
Noun

thievery

  1. The act of theft, the act of stealing.
    This instance of thievery will not be overlooked.
  2. (obsolete) That which is stolen.
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene iv], line 42:
      Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;



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