| thievery | | |
| n. (act) | 1. larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully.; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" |
| ~ breach of trust with fraudulent intent | larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking. |
| ~ felony | a serious crime (such as murder or arson). |
| ~ embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, defalcation, misapplication | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. |
| ~ pilferage | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles. |
| ~ shoplifting, shrinkage | the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting" |
| ~ robbery | larceny by threat of violence. |
| ~ biopiracy | biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use. |
| ~ grand larceny, grand theft | larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale). |
| ~ petit larceny, petty, petty larceny | larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). |
| ~ skimming | failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it. |
| ~ rustling | the stealing of cattle. |
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