English noun: thievery | |||
1. | thievery (act) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | ||
Samples | The thieving is awful at Kennedy International. | ||
Synonyms | larceny, stealing, theft, thieving | ||
Broader (hypernym) | felony | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | biopiracy, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, defalcation, embezzlement, grand larceny, grand theft, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, petit larceny, petty, petty larceny, pilferage, robbery, rustling, shoplifting, shrinkage, skimming | ||