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Thievery meaning
The act of theft, the act of stealing. | That which is stolen.
Example sentences (15)
Varys was forced to survive on his own, and did so through a multitude of occupations, the most prominent of which being thievery.
And that’s before we even get to the Grinches whose thievery results in gift cards hanging on in-store displays that are as empty as Whoville’s looted shelves.
The thievery was discovered by chance — a random computer glitch that caused someone to investigate.
My thievery started at just seven years-old, but in my defense, Black Jack Gum was REALLY good.
Opposition leaders denounced “thievery,” and diplomats from the United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada said results released by the elections council for one of the country’s regions were not credible.
Because of its value, silver was kept under lock and key with the butler actually sleeping in the pantry to guard against thievery.
Keep in mind it was only an unexpected coincidence that uncovered this ring of college thievery which had been operating for years.
Magistrate Mwala said the two were employed to stop thievery and it was sad that they are the ones who were stealing.
Exposure to the volatile political environment in Washington is only one reason why Thievery Corporation has its own socio-political messaging throughout its discography.
In this movie, the loudly sports-jacketed Arsène Lupin III’s gentleman thievery steers him down the trail of some counterfeit casino money.
Its follow up, showed audiences a far bleaker part of space, in a setting more accustomed to thievery, infighting, and insurrection than ’s spotless bridge.
Evaluations In depictions of Tweed and the Tammany Hall organization, historians have emphasized the thievery and conspiratorial nature of Boss Tweed, along with lining his own pockets and those of his friends and allies.
The difference between government and thievery is mostly a matter of legality." citation Socialist view Karl Marx assumed that taxation would be unnecessary after the advent of communism and looked forward to the " withering away of the state ".
The thievery was boasted about and romanticized until it seemed a kind of heroism.
To the word faie was added the suffix -erie ( Modern English -(e)ry), used to express either a place where something is found (fishery, nunnery) or a trade or typical activity engaged in (cookery, thievery).