thievery | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun thievery has 1 sense

larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
--₁ is a kind of felony
--₁ has particulars:

breach of trust with fraudulent intent; embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation; pilferage; shoplifting, shrinkage; robbery; biopiracy; grand larceny, grand theft; petit larceny, petty larceny; skimming; rustling

Derived form: verb thieve₁