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Definition of Thieveries
1. thievery [n] - See also: thievery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thieveries
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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