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Definition of thievery in English: thieverynoun ˈθiːv(ə)riˈθiv(ə)ri mass nounThe action of stealing another person's property. Example sentencesExamples - This kind of thievery, vandalism, individual violence and destruction expresses, not the stress of combat, but an intense hatred directed against an entire people or race.
- Much of the looting was selective thievery of a quite small number of valuable pieces, with smashing and burning of furniture and furnishings carried out to simulate looter-like behaviour.
- Although the leadership has central power in the village organizations, a dozen or more council members secretly work with the leaders to hear cases involving thievery and other deviant acts.
- He turned to a life of petty thievery when his friend managed to steal a gold coin from a weary traveler.
- They resort to petty thievery to make a few extra bucks and, by chance, end up videotaping a mob hit that lands them in water over their heads.
- It was assumed by the courts that Tarot readings were false, and therefore a kind of thievery.
- It's a question that bedevils news managers, as journalists continue to work in danger zones where hostile fire, kidnapping, thievery, and muggings are part of a day's work.
- Looting, vandalism and thievery has forced many foreigners to flee the country.
- The idea is to make an example of a few swindlers, in order to divert attention from the pervasive thievery that has come to characterize American ‘free enterprise.’
- Burglary and petty thievery, however, are common.
- Then I was taught street fighting, thievery, burglary, and trickery.
- As one sergeant noted, ‘he was man repeatedly punished for acts of petty thievery and drunkenness.’
- If people like him are shunned and embarrassed over this kind of legalized thievery often enough, maybe we can put an end to it and redirect some of that money back to shareholders, to whom it properly belongs in the first place.
- So you see, the dirty little secret behind his ‘philanthropy’ is that it's the product of thievery.
- The young man continued to hone his skills at thievery, and learned to use force when necessary as well.
- As you well know, thievery is a crime punishable by a long time in prison.
- Such self-deprecation is also expressed in changing views about thievery in Niamey, a subject that arouses particularly intense emotions even though its incidence is actually quite rare.
- Mr. Buckley would have hung for several reasons, kidnapping and horse thievery among them.
- It provides companies with an option for shielding their intellectual property from information thievery.
- He often treads that fine line between homage and outright cinematic thievery, but he is a master technical craftsman and storyteller whose work is almost universally a joy to watch and immerse yourself into.
Synonyms theft, stealing, robbery, larceny, pilfering, pilferage
Definition of thievery in US English: thieverynounˈTHēv(ə)rēˈθiv(ə)ri The action of stealing another person's property. Example sentencesExamples - They resort to petty thievery to make a few extra bucks and, by chance, end up videotaping a mob hit that lands them in water over their heads.
- It's a question that bedevils news managers, as journalists continue to work in danger zones where hostile fire, kidnapping, thievery, and muggings are part of a day's work.
- As you well know, thievery is a crime punishable by a long time in prison.
- He turned to a life of petty thievery when his friend managed to steal a gold coin from a weary traveler.
- Such self-deprecation is also expressed in changing views about thievery in Niamey, a subject that arouses particularly intense emotions even though its incidence is actually quite rare.
- Much of the looting was selective thievery of a quite small number of valuable pieces, with smashing and burning of furniture and furnishings carried out to simulate looter-like behaviour.
- It was assumed by the courts that Tarot readings were false, and therefore a kind of thievery.
- Then I was taught street fighting, thievery, burglary, and trickery.
- If people like him are shunned and embarrassed over this kind of legalized thievery often enough, maybe we can put an end to it and redirect some of that money back to shareholders, to whom it properly belongs in the first place.
- As one sergeant noted, ‘he was man repeatedly punished for acts of petty thievery and drunkenness.’
- The idea is to make an example of a few swindlers, in order to divert attention from the pervasive thievery that has come to characterize American ‘free enterprise.’
- Mr. Buckley would have hung for several reasons, kidnapping and horse thievery among them.
- This kind of thievery, vandalism, individual violence and destruction expresses, not the stress of combat, but an intense hatred directed against an entire people or race.
- He often treads that fine line between homage and outright cinematic thievery, but he is a master technical craftsman and storyteller whose work is almost universally a joy to watch and immerse yourself into.
- So you see, the dirty little secret behind his ‘philanthropy’ is that it's the product of thievery.
- The young man continued to hone his skills at thievery, and learned to use force when necessary as well.
- Burglary and petty thievery, however, are common.
- Looting, vandalism and thievery has forced many foreigners to flee the country.
- It provides companies with an option for shielding their intellectual property from information thievery.
- Although the leadership has central power in the village organizations, a dozen or more council members secretly work with the leaders to hear cases involving thievery and other deviant acts.
Synonyms theft, stealing, robbery, larceny, pilfering, pilferage
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