[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

thievery \thiev"ery\, n.
   1. the practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.
      1913 webster

            among the spartans, thievery was a practice morally
            good and honest.                      --south.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is stolen. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

thievery
     n : the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the
         thieving is awful at kennedy international" syn: larceny,
          theft, thieving, stealing
see also:
larceny theft thieving stealing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "thievery":
   abstraction, annexation, appropriation, boosting, conversion,
   conveyance, embezzlement, filching, fraud, graft, larceny,
   liberation, lift, lifting, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching,
   poaching, purloining, scrounging, shoplifting, snatching,
   sneak thievery, snitching, steal, stealage, stealing, swindle,
   swiping, theft, thieving, touch

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