thievery
/ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/
thievery noun: the act of theft, the act of stealing.
Noun
thievery (countable and uncountable, plural thieveries)
- The act of theft, the act of stealing.
- This instance of thievery will not be overlooked.
- One thief may well have the power to achieve a certain amount of success in fulfilling his desires to possess the property of another. But thievery being what it is, it feeds that desire in an intemperate way, and so the desire grows and grows.2008, John O’Callaghan, “Neither Robber Barons nor Philosopher Kings: Political Prudence in the Just Polity”, in Margaret Monahan Hogan, Lauretta Conklin Frederking, editors, The American Experiment...
- 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...
thievery meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
thievery in Tamil
- திருட்டு
thievery in Urdu
- چوری, سرقہ زنی
thievery in Malayalam
- thievery; burglary; stealing
- മോഷണം mōṣaṇaṁ
- thievery; robbery
- കളവ് kaḷavŭ
thievery in Kannada
- thievery
- ಕಳವು kaḷavu, ಕಳ್ಳತನ kaḷḷatana
Forms of thievery
| plural | thieveries |
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Origin of thievery
From thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).
Questions about thievery
- What does thievery mean?
- Thievery means the act of theft, the act of stealing.
- What is thievery in Tamil?
- Thievery in Tamil is திருட்டு. See Thievery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thievery?
- Thievery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thievery?
- Thievery is pronounced /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thievery?
- The plural of thievery is thieveries.
Words near thievery in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thievery (page history and authors); thievery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thievery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കളവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕಳವು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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