thievery
IPA: θˈivɝi
noun
- The act of theft, the act of stealing.
- (obsolete) That which is stolen.
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Examples of "thievery" in Sentences
- Among the highlights of Halliburton's thievery from the NYT:
- The positive (up) side of warning tourists about thievery is to cut down on the action.
- Much of the thievery is being carried out by beach vendors who wait for beach goers to go swimming.
- Every writer assumes that this thievery is justified, just as every tax department steals for the public good.
- The commenter was anonymous and posted the idea openly, so the name thievery should not be a problem for Estrin.
- On the other hand, they are facing outright thievery, which is going through the roof, increasing along with gas prices.
- But wheel-thievery is almost big business; Most of the Mexico City thievery comes under the headings of light fingers and anything movable.
- Tim Groninger makes a classic error when he writes, “word thievery … has become especially acute,” suggesting that the problem has reached pandemic proportions.
- Republicans stole the election, and your ‘pandering’ to their thievery is just more ‘wishcraft’ of republicans who want to believe they’re popular in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
- What's even more ironic is that chances are the victim of this thievery is an elderly conservative who stays home, watches FOX News, listens to Rush, and rails against the "lib'ruls" who want to regulate free enterprise to death, as opposed to those elderly liberals who have a hearty distrust of big corporations.
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