thievery

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thievery

/ˈθiːv.(ə.)ɹi/ UK
/ˈθiv.(ə.)ɹi/ Canada, US

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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”).

noun thieveries

countable, uncountable The act of theft, the act of stealing. This instance of thievery will not be overlooked.
countable, obsolete, uncountable That which is stolen. Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;

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Română	lotrie

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@misc{thievery_2026,
  title = {thievery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thievery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}