as in robbery
the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner
a man who has a history of petty thievery and narcotics peddling
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Recent Examples of thievery
The new mayor is best served by a fearless watchdog making sure that the public’s interests are protected from thievery and graft, which is sure to happen.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, Steven Ramm won an advantage during a Journey that become common public knowledge — setting him up as the obvious victim for Sophi’s thievery.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
In the announcement, the sheriff’s office pointed out that the thieves put a significant amount of effort into the thievery.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
Then, Steven Ramm won an advantage during a Journey that become common public knowledge — setting him up as the obvious victim for Sophi’s thievery.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
In the announcement, the sheriff’s office pointed out that the thieves put a significant amount of effort into the thievery.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thievery
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Medina's attorney told the court during his detention hearing that the Venezuelan national had been attacked and shot in the head in 2018 in Colombia during a robbery.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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To no one’s surprise, Axios reported last week that Republicans have the gall to consider more stealing from health care and day care to pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Critics singled out her performance as scene-stealing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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King faces two counts of federal program theft and one count of obstruction of justice, with a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The annual convention of movie theater owners got a sneak peek at Jordan’s project — the third big-screen take on the story of a billionaire whose idle hands lead him to orchestrate major art thefts.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Thievery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thievery. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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