Thievery is an English word with synonyms like larceny or theft. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thievery meaning
- The act of theft, the act of stealing.
- That which is stolen.
Using Thievery
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of theft, the act of stealing. | That which is stolen.
- Useful related words include: larceny, theft, thieving, stealing.
- In the example corpus, thievery often appears in combinations such as: the thievery, thievery and, thievery was.
Context around Thievery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thievery
- In this selection, "thievery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, denounced, college, stop, results, corporation and steers stand out and add context to how "thievery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accustomed to thievery infighting and and emphasized the thievery and conspiratorial. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thievery" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thievery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The thievery was boasted about and romanticized until it seemed a kind of heroism. (14 words)
The thievery was discovered by chance — a random computer glitch that caused someone to investigate. (16 words)
Keep in mind it was only an unexpected coincidence that uncovered this ring of college thievery which had been operating for years. (22 words)
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 ". (38 words)
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). (35 words)
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. (34 words)
Example sentences (14)
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.
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).
Common combinations with thievery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: