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单词 thievery
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thieveryn.

/ˈθiːvəri/
Etymology: < thief n., thiev- (see note in etymology s.v.), or thieve v. + -ery suffix.
1. The committing or practice of theft; stealing. With a and plural, An act of thieving.
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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.
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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).
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