'Thievery' definitions:
Definition of 'thievery'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Thievery'
From: GCIDE
- Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
- 1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness. [1913 Webster]
- Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thievery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- annexation,
- appropriation,
- boosting,
- conversion,
- conveyance,
- embezzlement,
- filching,
- fraud,
- graft,
- larceny,
- liberation,
- lift,
- lifting,
- pilferage,
- pilfering,
- pinch,
- pinching,
- poaching,
- purloining,
- scrounging,
- shoplifting,
- snatching,
- sneak thievery,
- snitching,
- steal,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- swindle,
- swiping,
- theft,
- thieving,
- touch