Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thievery

/ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: thiev-ery
IPA: /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of theft, the act of stealing.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is stolen.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This instance of thievery will not be overlooked."
"One thief may well have the power to achieve a certain amount of success in fulfilling his desires to possess the property of another. But thievery being what it is, it feeds that desire in an intemperate way, and so the desire grows and grows."
"Injurious Time now, with a robber's haste, / Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;"

Etymology

From thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thieve

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/

Usage

Inflected Forms

thieveries (plural)

Synonyms

larceny theft thieving stealing

Questions

How do you pronounce thievery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθiːv.(ə)ɹ.i/.
What does thievery mean?: The act of theft, the act of stealing.
Where does thievery come from?: From thieve + -ery. Compare Old Frisian deverie ("thievery; theft"; > West Frisian dieverij; Saterland Frisian Däiweräi), Dutch dieverij (“thievery”), German Low German Deveree (“thievery; theft”), German Dieberei (“thievery”), Danish tyveri (“thievery; theft; larceny”), Swedish tjuveri (“thievery”).

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