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thievery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | larceny, stealing, theft, thieving |
| Type of | felony |
| Has types | breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, biopiracy, skimming |
| Derivation | thieve |
Examples of thievery
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Growing up in California in the 1920s, he indulged in petty thievery as a child.
From the economist.com
Madison's admonition against organized thievery by government was long ago lost.
From the infowars.com
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Joke thievery.
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Google's business model is largely based on thievery and facilitating thievery.
From the economist.com
If I had any way besides thievery to get a random bovine to you, I totally would.
From the emotionalumbrella.com
This has made it much easier to show evidence of joke thievery in a public forum.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It shows intrigue and thievery at the court of an ancient king in the Niger Delta.
From the economist.com
The thievery was boasted about and romanticized until it seemed a kind of heroism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
White recognizes that thievery really was at the center of Genet's inverted ethic.
From the time.com
- Larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
- The act of theft, the act of stealing
- A tulip growers term for a mysterious phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.
