Defenition of the word thievery

• Defenition of the word thievery

  • The act of taking illegitimatly possession of something that belongs to others.
  • the act of stealing; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
  • the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
  • the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

Synonyms for the word thievery

• • burglary
  • larceny
  • pilfering
  • robbery
  • shoplifting
  • stealing
  • theft
  • thieving

Similar words in the thievery

• • thievery
  • thievery's

Hyponyms for the word thievery

• • biopiracy
  • breach of trust with fraudulent intent
  • defalcation
  • embezzlement
  • grand larceny
  • grand theft
  • misapplication
  • misappropriation
  • peculation
  • petit larceny
  • petty
  • petty larceny
  • pilferage
  • robbery
  • rustling
  • shoplifting
  • shrinkage
  • skimming

Hypernyms for the word thievery

• • felony

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