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thieveries

thieveries is the plural of thievery.

Meaning of thievery

Noun

thievery (countable and uncountable, plural thieveries)

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

Questions about thieveries

What is thieveries the plural of?
Thieveries is the plural of thievery.

Words near thieveries in the dictionary

  1. thieve
  2. thieve out
  3. thieved
  4. thieved out
  5. thiever
  6. thieveries
  7. thievers
  8. thievery
  9. thieves
  10. thieves in law
  11. thieves in the night

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