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noun
The act of theft, the act of stealing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which is stolen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: larceny, theft, thieving, stealing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: felony
Narrower terms: breach of trust with fraudulent intent, embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, pilferage, shoplifting, shrinkage, robbery, biopiracy, grand larceny, grand theft, petit larceny, petty larceny, petty, skimming, rustling
History
From thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
