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Definition for THIEVE-RY
THIEVE
THIEV-ISH
THIEVE-RY
, n.
The practice of stealing; theft. [See Theft.] Among the Spartans, thievery was a practice morally good and honest. Sauth.
That which is stolen. Shak.
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