thievery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
thievery
    n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn:
         {larceny}, {theft}, {thievery}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
   1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
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            Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally
            good and honest.                      --South.
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   2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "thievery":
      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
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