Definition of Thieveries

1. Noun. (plural of thievery) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thieveries

1. thievery [n] - See also: thievery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thieveries

thienopyridines
thienyl
thienylalanine
thiepane
thiepanes
thiepine
thiepines
thier
thietane
thiete
thiethylperazine
thiethylperazine maleate
thieve
thieve out
thieved
thieveries (current term)
thievery
thieves
thieves in the night
thieving
thieving(a)
thievings
thievish
thievishly
thievishness
thievishnesses
thig
thigger
thiggers
thigging

Literary usage of Thieveries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"remarked that they ought to have been satisfied with the thieveries they practised on me under the cloak of hypocritical kindness. This coming to their ears ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"remarked that they ought to have been satisfied with the thieveries they practised on me under the cloak of hypocritical kindness. This coming to their ears ..."

3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... System of Slavery — Thieves and thieveries — Outrage upon an American Merchant — Gambling and Gambling-houses - Game of ..."

4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... Fueros — Mode of punishing Delinquents and Criminals — Mexican System of Slavery — Thieves and thieveries — Outrage upon an American Merchant — Gambling ..."

5. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"The navigable Nile.—Fishing and Sporting Population.— The Scenery on the River.—An inhospitable Governor.—Karuma Falls.—Native Superstitions.—thieveries. ..."

6. Commerce of the Prairies, Or, The Journal of a Santa Fè Trader: Or, The by Josiah Gregg (1845)
"... and Criminals—Mexican System of Slavery— Thieves and thieveries—Outrage upon an American Merchant—Gambling and Gambling-houses—Game of Mo-iiie— Anecdote ..."

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