单词 | thievery |
释义 | thieveryn. 1. The committing or practice of theft; stealing. With a and plural, An act of thieving. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like E j b Yet better it is to beg moste shamefully, Then to be hanged and to theeuery our selues frame. 1580 Apol. Pr. Orange in Poœnix (1721) I. 479 Their Thieveries and Sackings. 1623 T. Scott High-waies of God 21 But the Theefe proceedes in his theeuery till he brings himselfe to the gallowes. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 127 They were Whip'd so for Picking-pockets; and other petty Thieveries. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xlvii. 2 The greedy Piso's Tools of thievery, rogues to famish ages. 2. The result or produce of thieving; stolen property. Cf. pilfery n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] theft962 bribec1425 stoutheriec1440 booty1567 thievery1583 snapping1591 filcha1627 pilferagec1626 swag1794 stealing1839 stuff1865 score1914 hot stuff1924 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 23 b The Spaniardes departed Mastright, with their butin and theeuerie. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. v. 42 Now with a robbers hast, Cram's his ritch theeu'ry vp hee knowes not how. View more context for this quotation 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 116 A veriest trap of twigs On tree-top, every straw a thievery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1568 |
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