Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thievery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thievery \Thiev"er*y\, n.
1. The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally
good and honest. --South.
2. That which is stolen. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thievery
n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: {larceny},
{theft}, {thieving}, {stealing}]
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