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Definition of Thievery
- the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"
Hyponyms: 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
Derivational Morphology: steal, hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
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