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thievery

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??i?v.(?)?.i/

Noun

thievery (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.
    • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, IV. iv. 42:
      Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;

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thieve

English

Etymology

From Middle English *theven (found in Middle English thevinge (“thieving”)), from Old English þ?ofian, ?eþ?ofian, ?eþ?efian (“to thieve, steal”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: th?v, IPA(key): /?i?v/
  • Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

thieve (third-person singular simple present thieves, present participle thieving, simple past and past participle thieved)

  1. (intransitive) To commit theft.

Synonyms

  • steal
  • rob

Related terms

  • theft
  • thief
  • thievery
  • thieving
  • theftable
  • thieve out

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