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thiefdom, thievedom|ˈθiːfdəm, ˈθiːvdəm|
[f. thief + -dom.]
1. The practice of theft; thieving, robbery. rare.
α1548Hooper Declar. Commandm. xi. 180 The grettist thyffdomme of all is Sacrilege, in robbing of the goodes appointid to an holye vse.
β1562T. Phaer æneid x. Dd iij, Who did their league by theuedom breke? 1887P. M'Neill Blawearie 153 A' we made by our thievdom, was—I lost a tooth and had my dowg's tail destroyed.
2. The realm or domain of thieves.
α1864Sat. Rev. 27 Aug. 272/1 A narrative illustrative of London thiefdom. 1888A. Wardrop Poems & Sk. 193 Literary thiefdom and Yankeedom are now synonymous.
β1862Cornh. Mag. Nov. 645 A fiddler to play at the thievedom carnivals. 1870H. W. Holland in Gd. Words 1 June 391/2 In the interior of thievedom they have public-houses, beer-houses, shops, and lodging-houses, almost entirely to themselves. |