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Word entry · 8 letters

thievery

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"Act of stealing"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/Part of speech nounSorted eehirtvyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • This instance of thievery will not be overlooked.
  • Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;

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