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Meanings of
thievery
in inglês
português
furto
catalão
furt
espanhol
hurto
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The act of taking illegitimatly possession of something that belongs to others.
steal
stealing
theft
thieving
larceny
despoilment
português
furto
Usage of
thievery
in inglês
1
This cannot be achieved while you remain imprisoned on charges of
thievery
.
2
Later, over cigarettes and coffee, Perry returned to the subject of
thievery
.
3
There'd been a great to do when the staff discovered the
thievery
.
4
Everywhere people spoke of rampant
thievery
,
highway robbery; endless fires burned everywhere.
5
And there was more than a little
thievery
and brawling and rioting.
6
It gave the rest of them away and made for boring
thievery
.
7
Isn't 'get while the getting is good' one of your rules of
thievery
?
8
Compounding the
thievery
are 12 years of abysmal stock market returns.
9
Soldiers, unlike politicians and civil servants, were always considered above such blatant
thievery
.
10
A little crowded, of course, and not without drunkenness and poverty and
thievery
.
11
Most thinking observers would agree that
thievery
is not Poseidon's style.
12
Camel or horse
thievery
was a grave crime among the Bedouin.
13
There was no
thievery
because the Aquins kept nothing of value to steal.
14
He had expected a garish tale about
thievery
or prostitution perhaps.
15
It was not that, because in civilized lands
thievery
cannot be made lawful.
16
The incompetence and large-scale
thievery
of some African rulers are well-known.
Other examples for "thievery"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
thievery
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
petty thievery
blatant thievery
more thievery
aboundeth in thievery
boring thievery
More collocations
Translations for
thievery
português
furto
roubo
catalão
furt
estafa
robament
atracament
robatori
lladrocini
espanhol
hurto
substracción
sustracción
latrocinio
desvalijamiento
robo
Thievery
through the time
Thievery
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common